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Wooden goby fish traps

UnknownSyouwa period,20th century

Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum

Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum
Takamatsu City, Japan

These wooden traps are for goby fish, who mistake the box openings for rock crevices, which is where they prefer to spawn. During the 1940s-50s, ceramic traps were difficult to come by, so these clever imitations were created out of wood.
Selected as a National Significant Tangible Folk Culture Asset.
Found in Tamano City,Okayama Prefecture.

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