Adjustable hook (adjustable hook)

Japanese: 自在かぎ(自在鉤) - じざいかぎ

This is a hook that allows you to freely adjust the height of a pot or pan relative to the fire in the hearth. The most primitive form was a fork-shaped piece of wood called a matsukagi that was hung from a ridgepole and was used until recently in huts built for dézukuri (a traditional hut built for a hut), but the height could not be adjusted. This was later improved to a hook made of a thick board with sawtooth-like grooves, which allowed the height to be raised or lowered as much as the number of grooves allowed. This type of wooden hook is called a gandakagi, and can be seen in many places in the Tohoku region, where the Ainu people also used it.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

囲炉裏（いろり）の火に対して鍋釜の高さを自在に調節できるかぎをいう。最も原初的な形のものはマツカギなどといわれる又状の木を棟木からつるしただけのもので，出作り小屋などで最近まで使われていたが，高低は調節できなかった。次に厚板にのこぎりの歯のような刻みをつけたかぎに改良され，刻み目の数だけは自由に上げ下げできるようになった。この板かぎ形式のものはガンダカギといわれ，東北地方に多くみることができ，アイヌもこれを用いていた。

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