Skip to main content

Jakago

蛇籠 ・ じゃかご ・ jakago


A round/cylindrical woven bamboo basket filled with stones to control the flow of water in a river or to protect the embarkment. Gabion. The round-shaped baskets are often shown half-submerged in combination with a water or ryusui (流水) pattern. The basket is woven in the kagome pattern.  

This type of basket is also called sekiro (石籠・せきろう).


#basket #water
Copy
This glossary
Google
Wikipedia
Translate

jisho
コトバンク