Stove (焜ろ) - Stove

Japanese: こんろ(焜炉) - こんろ

A burning appliance used for cooking. It is characterized by its ease of portability, which can be used on the floor, on the dirt floor, outdoors, etc. The name "konro" is thought to be a phonetic contraction of the Song pronunciation of "koro," which means furnace, and is thought to have been introduced by monks who traveled to China during the Muromachi period. It was used as a simple hearth in the lives of ordinary people during the Edo period, and came in square or round shapes. It is made of earthenware or iron, and is mostly unglazed, with iron having poor heat retention. After the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), charcoal or firewood-powered stoves gradually gave way to gas-powered stoves.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

炊事の際に用いる燃焼器具。床や土間，屋外などへ自由に持ち運びができることが特徴。〈焜炉〉とは，火炉の宋音〈コロ〉の音便と推定され，室町時代に中国へ渡った僧侶が紹介したと思われる。簡易なかまどとして，江戸時代には庶民の生活に使われ，形は四角形や丸形があった。材質は土製と鉄製があり，素焼きが主で，鉄製は保温性に劣る。炭火や薪を熱源としたこんろは，関東大震災(1923)を契機として，しだいにガス熱源へと移行した。

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