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[[Image:Kabuto Kazari -01.jpg|thumb|250px|a ''jizai kagi'' hearth hook with fish-shaped counter balance]]
'''Irori''' (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) are a type of traditional sunken [[hearth]] common in [[Japan]]. Used for heating the home and cooking food, irori are essentially square pits in the floor with a pot hook, or '''jizaikagi''' (自在鉤). These hooks generally were hollow [[bamboo]] tubes containing an iron rod, with an attached lever, often shaped like a fish, that would allow the pot or kettle to be raised or lowered.<ref name = "fahr, p196">Fahr-Becker (2001), p196</ref>
'''Irori''' (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) are a type of traditional sunken [[hearth]] common in [[Japan]]. Used for heating the home and cooking food, irori are essentially square pits in the floor with a pot hook, or '''jizaikagi''' (自在鉤). These hooks generally were hollow [[bamboo]] tubes containing an iron rod, with an attached lever, often shaped like a fish, that would allow the pot or kettle to be raised or lowered.<ref name = "fahr, p196">Fahr-Becker (2001), p196</ref>



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Irori
a jizai kagi hearth hook with fish-shaped counter balance

Irori (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) are a type of traditional sunken hearth common in Japan. Used for heating the home and cooking food, irori are essentially square pits in the floor with a pot hook, or jizaikagi (自在鉤). These hooks generally were hollow bamboo tubes containing an iron rod, with an attached lever, often shaped like a fish, that would allow the pot or kettle to be raised or lowered.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Fahr-Becker (2001), p196

References

  • Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (2001) [2000]. Ryokan - A Japanese Tradition. Cologne: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-8290-4829-7.