Stakeout

...If you knock it down, it becomes yours. Depending on the region, it is called "nengara," "kainen," "kuiuchi," "kobayo," "tappe," "tenga," "tengara," "nikki," "nekkui," or "bouchi." A stick made by cutting the fork of a tree branch short and leaving it like a hook is also used, and Kunio Yanagita suggests that this is related to the faith in tree branches, and that the "nen" in "nengara" may be "nen" (thought).

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…倒せば自分のものとなる。地方によって〈ねんがら〉〈かいねん〉〈くいうち〉〈こばよ〉〈たっぺ〉〈てんが〉〈てんがら〉〈にっき〉〈ねっくい〉〈ぼううち〉などの名がある。木の枝のまたを短く切って残して鉤（かぎ）のようにした棒も使われ，柳田国男はこれは木の枝に対する信仰と関係があり，〈ねんがら〉の〈ねん〉は〈念〉ではないかといっている。…

※「くいうち」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報