Location Hakui History and Folklore Museum
Toumi Winnower
- Display status
- On display
- Period
- Up to the Showa Period
- Form/Type
- Folk material
- Location
- Hakui City
Tomi, a winnower is a tool that separates harvested and threshed rice from rice husks and waste. By turning the handle and creating a wind using the internal blades, lighter rice husks and waste are blown out through the ejection outlet for sorting, while heavy brown rice drops down through the front outlet.
The year of manufacture is written on this winnower as 1920, making it an item from about 100 years ago. Winnower history dates back many years, and it is known that they were used in the middle of the Edo Period. The museum has a collection of winnowers from the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods. The principle of wind power has not changed since the Edo Period, however as time progressed, improvements have been made to make devices more compact and labor-saving, making this a very interesting item that allows us to see the history of technological development and evolution to make work more efficient.
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A local history museum that opened in 1983. They collect materials that convey the history and culture of Hakui City (archaeological materials, historical materials, folk implements, etc.), preserve them, conduct research on them and display them publicly. The folk implements exhibition room on the first floor explains the tools used in Hakui's past way of living. The history exhibition room on the second floor displays valuable excavated items mainly from the Yoshisaki-Suba Site, a Nationally Designated Historic Site, and the Jike Site, as well as historical materials such as ancient documents. They also hold ancient experience classes and events such as magatama (comma-shaped stone bead) making and fire starting experiences. Please feel free to stop by and experience the history of Hakui.
38-1 Tsurutada, Tsurutamachi, Hakui, 925-0027 Google Maps
TEL 0767-22-5998 E-mail post@city.hakui.lg.jp
