Claw hook - Tsumakake

Japanese: 爪掛 - つまがけ
Claw hook - Tsumakake

An accessory for footwear. It is used to protect the toes from getting dirty in the rain or snow, and is also called tsumagawa (claw leather). Tsumagawa was originally a leather product, but today the two are used interchangeably. There are two types of tsumagawa: one for straw sandals and one for geta (wooden clogs). The former are made of straw and include "hanamoji" (Hida, Awa) and "shibukarami" (Echigo, Shiozawa). The latter are kamaboko-shaped and are used to hang on the toes of geta. They are made of leather, oil paper, cotton, celluloid, etc., and are made to be waterproof. The rubber cord that fastens the tsumagawa is said to have been invented in 1877 (Meiji 10) by Niikura Yohei of Rokumon-ya, a clog maker in Sakai-cho, Nihonbashi, Osaka.

[Takeshi Endo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

履き物の付属品。雨や雪でつまさきが汚れるのを防いだり、防寒のために履き物のつまさきに掛けて用いるもので、爪皮(つまかわ)ともよばれる。爪皮は元来は革製品であったが、現在では両者が混同して用いられている。爪掛には、草鞋(わらじ)用と下駄(げた)用とがある。前者は藁(わら)製品で「はなもじ」(飛騨(ひだ)、阿波(あわ))、「しぶからみ」(越後(えちご)塩沢)などといわれるものがある。後者は、かまぼこ形をしたものを下駄のつまさきに掛けて用いる。材料は皮革、油紙、木綿、セルロイドなどで、防水製につくられている。爪掛を留めるゴム紐(ひも)は1877年(明治10)大阪・日本橋堺(さかい)町下駄屋六門屋の新倉与兵衛の考案という。

[遠藤 武]

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