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Copper Mine Tokoya (Akane-ya Matokoya)

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Copper Mine | Barber Shop (Tokoya)

A place where copper roasted in a furnace (kama-ya) is melted in hot water and finished into round copper ingots is called a 'tokoya'. When melting copper in hot water, the substance that blows up to the surface is called 'kawaori', and the substance that hardens and accumulates at the bottom is called 'tokojiri'; there are these two types. Also, the stone and earth that have turned into hot water are called 'karami'. They are also called 'dobu'. The place where the melted copper is cooled is called 'dobuga'.

* 'Kawaori' is written as |kawa|ori.
* 'Tokojiri' is written as |bed bottom| (tokojiri).
* 'Akagane' is red metal. It refers to copper.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections 'Nihon Sankai Meibutsu Zue Vol. 1'
'Tatara wall', 'nekohaguchi', 'ien', 'fukioyu'
'Two maedeko', 'dobuga', 'place to cool copper'
'Two-cho bellows'


* Reference: Niihama City Library 2021 Lecture 'Reading the Besshi Copper Mine', 'Copper Mine Terminology'

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