Masamoto Shiro-ko Hongasumi Unagisaki

Masamoto Shiro-ko Hongasumi Unagisaki

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Brand: Masamoto
Product Code: JHMA-SHUN-195
Weight: 0.75lb
Dimensions: 7.8 x 0 x 0in
Availability: In Stock

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Masamoto Shiro-ko Hongasumi Unagisaki 7.6" (19.5cm) - Right - Unagisaki knives are special traditional Japanese knives used for cutting and filleting eel. What makes the unagisaki knives especially interesting in comparison to other traditional Ja...

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Masamoto Shiro-ko Hongasumi Unagisaki 7.6" (19.5cm) - Right - Unagisaki knives are special traditional Japanese knives used for cutting and filleting eel. What makes the unagisaki knives especially interesting in comparison to other traditional Japanese knives is the number of styles that exist. If you were to divide unagisaki knives into two categories, they would be Kansai and Kanto style unagi knives. If one were to be more specific it would be Edo-style, Kyoto-style, Nagoya-style, Osaka-style and Kyushuu-style. The reason for the number of styles is not because there are different needs or types of eel depending on region. It is due to the variations in preparing the eel. Chefs in the Kanto region slice and open eel from the spine, because of the region's samurai background. Although slicing eel from the stomach would make filleting such a long and slippery fish easier, the idea is strongly associated with seppuku, which is a form of suicide by disembowelment used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor. Therefore the image of cutting the stomach is thought to be taboo and brings bad fortune. However, in the Kansai region where nobility and merchants heavily influenced the culture, there was no disapproval or hesitation to cutting from the stomach. Another theory to the difference is because of a popular saying in the Kansa(more...)

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