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An irori (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) is a traditional Japanese sunken hearth. Used for heating the home and for cooking food, it is essentially a square, stone-lined pit in the floor, equipped with an adjustable pothook – called a jizaikagi (自在鉤) and generally consisting of an iron rod within a bamboo tube – used for raising or lowering a suspended pot or kettle by means of an attached lever which is often decoratively designed in the shape of a fish.^[1]

Footnotes

^ Fahr-Becker (2001), p196

References

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

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-An '''irori''' (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) is a traditional [[Japan]]ese sunken [[hearth]]. Used for heating the home and for cooking food, it is essentially a square, stone-lined pit in the floor, equipped with an adjustable pothook – called a ''jizaikagi'' (自在鉤) – used for raising or lowering a suspended pot or kettle by means of an attached lever, generally consisting of an iron rod within a [[bamboo]] tube and often decoratively designed in the shape of a fish.<ref name = "fahr, p196">Fahr-Becker (2001), p196</ref>
+An '''irori''' (いろり, 囲炉裏, 居炉裏) is a traditional [[Japan]]ese sunken [[hearth]]. Used for heating the home and for cooking food, it is essentially a square, stone-lined pit in the floor, equipped with an adjustable pothook – called a ''jizaikagi'' (自在鉤) and generally consisting of an iron rod within a [[bamboo]] tube – used for raising or lowering a suspended pot or kettle by means of an attached lever which is often decoratively designed in the shape of a fish.<ref name = "fahr, p196">Fahr-Becker (2001), p196</ref>
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