Hattandori

Japanese: 八反取り - はったんどり

A weeding tool for rice paddies. It is made of a 10-15cm x 20-30cm board with many 5cm nails hammered into it and a handle attached to it, and the board is moved back and forth between the rows of rice using the handle. The nails scratch the soil to remove weeds. Some tools had knife-like objects planted in place of nails, and there were various shapes depending on the region. The name does not refer to the fact that it could weed 8 tan (about 80 ares) a day, but rather to the fact that it was extremely efficient compared to the previous work using a "ganzume (wild goose claw)."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

水田の除草用具。10～15cm×20～30cmの板に，5cm程度の釘を多数打ち付けて通し，この板に柄を取り付けたもので，柄をもってイネの条間を前後に動かしながら進んでいく。釘で土をひっかき除草する。釘の代りにナイフ状のものを植え込んだものもあり，地方によりさまざまな形があった。この名称は，1日に8反(約80a)の除草ができるというものではなく，それまでの〈がんづめ(雁爪)〉による作業にくらべ，ひじょうに能率があがるという意味である。

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