アカカシ
アカカシ

アカカシ

  • Quercus acuta
  • ブナ科コナラ属
  • 日本

水より重く、堅いどんぐりの木

どんぐりの実がなる木。赤カシは日本産の用材で最も硬く強度のある木材で、種類により水より重い赤カシもある。強度があり最高品質のため、造船、カンナの台、そろばんの枠、三味線の棹に使われ、赤カシの木刀を所持するには警察への届出義務があった時代もある。ごろ合わせが良いので菓子皿に使用されることも。

Heavy and harder acorn than water

A tree with acorn fruit. Red oak is the hardest and strongest wooden material of Japanese origin, and there are red crabs heavier than water depending on kinds. Due to its strength and highest quality, it was used for shipbuilding, a stand of cannas, a frame of abacus, a rod of a shamisen, and there was also a time when there was a duty to report to the police in order to possess a wood sword of red oak. It is also used for confectionery dishes because it is good for sharing.