Nail piercing - nail piercing

…In the Wakun Shiori, it is called “nengara” (nail-driving game), and in the Nagasaki Saijiki (Nagasaki Saijiki), it is also called “ki-nen” (wooden) or “kin-nen” (golden nails). It is written that gold nen used to be made, but in recent years, ship nails have been used, and it is known that metal nails were preferred at the end of the Edo period. Later, it changed to “nail-driving” (nail-piercing) and “nail-stabbing” (nail-stabbing) using five-inch nails, and was popular until the early Showa period. [Hanzawa Toshiro] …

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…《和訓栞》には〈ねんがら〉の名で釘を打ち立てる遊びとされ，また《長崎歳時記》には〈木ねん〉〈金ねん〉ともいい，金ねんは以前はあつらえたが近年は船釘を用いると記され，江戸時代末期には金属製のほうが好まれたことが知られる。のちには五寸釘を用いた〈釘打ち〉〈釘刺し〉と変形し，昭和前期までは盛んに行われた。【半沢 敏郎】。…

※「釘刺し」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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