A type of sake vessel used to pour sake into cups. It is a variation of the "sashinabe" pot, which was also used in the Heian period to boil water and warm sake, and has a long handle. Choshi come in two types: katakuchi, which has one spout, and morokuchi, which has two spouts. In the past, katakuchi was used in formal settings, and morokuchi was used in informal settings. One theory about the origin of morokuchi is that they had spouts on both sides so that sake could be poured to any guest on either side when a large number of guests were drinking together at a drinking party, but the truth of this is unknown. One type of choshi is the hisage, which has a string attached to it as a handle. It is shaped like an iron kettle, and the kannabe, a hot pot made in the Edo period, is thought to be a variation of the hisage. When tokkuri, which appeared in the late Muromachi period, became commonly used as a sake vessel, choshi came to be used only at formal drinking parties, and in the early modern period they came to be used only for weddings and other ceremonies. The reason tokkuri are sometimes called "choshi" today is thought to be because choshi were once so common that they became synonymous with sake vessels. [Tomomi Kono] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
酒器の一つで、酒を入れて杯(さかずき)に注(つ)ぐための器。平安時代に湯を沸かしたり、酒を温める酒器としても用いられた「さしなべ」の変化したもので、長い柄(え)がついている。銚子には、注ぎ口が一つの片口(かたくち)と、二つの両口(もろくち)がある。古くは、正式な場では片口を、略式には両口を利用していた。両口の由来については、酒宴の場で大ぜいの客が入り乱れて酒を飲み交わすときに、左右のどの客にも酒が注げるように、両側に口をつけたともいわれているが、真偽のほどはわからない。 銚子の一種に、提げ手として弦(つる)をつけた提子(ひさげ)がある。これは、鉄瓶のような形をしたもので、江戸時代にできた燗鍋(かんなべ)は、提子の変化したものとみられている。銚子は、室町後期に現れた徳利が、酒器として常用されるようになると、正式の酒宴でのみ使用されるようになり、近世には、婚礼や、その他の儀式用にのみ使われるものとなった。なお現在、徳利を「ちょうし」とよぶことがあるのは、かつて、銚子が酒器の代名詞となるほど普及していたためと考えられる。 [河野友美] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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