Kinmark - Kinmark

...In ancient Thailand, there was a custom of sprinkling lime on betel nuts, wrapping them in betel leaves, and chewing them together. These ingredients were placed in locally produced lacquerware to entertain guests. In Thailand, it is called Kinmark, and in Thai, kin means to chew and mark means betel, and it is said that this was corrupted to Kinma and came to refer to Thai lacquerware. It was brought to Japan by the Yawata-sen and Shuin-sen ships, and was highly valued by tea masters in the Edo period, and tea boxes said to have been owned by Rikyu have been handed down. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kinmark" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古くタイではビンロウ(檳榔)の実に石灰をまぶし，蔓草の一種であるキンマ(蒟醬（くしよう）)の葉に包んでいっしょに嚙む習慣があり，これらの材料を地産の漆器に入れて客をもてなした。タイではキンマークと呼び，タイ語でキンは嚙む，マークはビンロウの意で，これがキンマとなまってタイの漆器を称するようになったといわれる。日本には八幡船，朱印船でもたらされ，江戸時代には茶人の間で珍重され，伝利休所持の茶箱などが伝わる。…

※「キンマーク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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