Cooking pots for Campaign use....

[magnus]

First time posting! I'm looking for pictures of what a typical 15th - 16th japanese cooking pot, pan etc. would have looked like for samurai while on campaign. If I ever get my armour finished, I'm hoping to attend an event or two a year and will need some decently authentic cookware. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[takadainotora]

You can probably get a pretty good idea by looking at genre pictures that show any kind of kitchen; pots used on campaign would have been the same shapes, just smaller. Cooking would be done by hanging the pot over a fire, or sitting it on some handy rocks, or maybe just putting it down in the coals and ashes. Important people would be staying in a home or temple whenever they could, so they wouldn't have to bother with their own kitchen gear most of the time.
There's a nice picture of an iron teakettle here: www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?processId=00&ref=2&Q1=&Q2=&Q3=&Q4=11310_16_____&Q5=&F1=&F2=&pageId=E15&colid=E19545

[magnus]

So the trick is to find original paintings and such...I'll have to see what I have! Thanks!

[solveig]

Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig!
www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?processId=00&ref=2&Q1=&Q2=&Q3=&Q4=11310_16_____&Q5=&F1=&F2=&pageId=E15&colid=E19545
Is indeed a fine example of a late sixteenth century kama. However, I doubt that you would find this particular shape being used on campaign very much. Further, this is not a kama which is customarily suspended. Unryugama are commonly suspended. Basically, there are lots of different kama shapes out there used in the tea ceremony and some of them were derived from prior artifacts originally used for specific purposes such as cooking rice. Incidentally, you will notice two opposing nubs on the side near the opening. Rings are inserted into these to lift and place the kama. Cooking vessels were commonly supported by trivet like devices. However, some large farmhouses had something called a "de" which was a large caldron supported by square wooden frame which was itself was, if I recall correctly, supported by chains. Tetsunabe commonly have wire handles which can be used to suspend them.