portable clay charcoal stove; shichirin
A small, lightweight charcoal brazier traditionally made of clay, used for grilling or heating food at the table. Common in Japanese home cooking and outdoor settings.
When you grill fish on a shichirin, the outside gets crispy and the inside stays tender.
When using a shichirin on the balcony, please be careful with the fire.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji spelling, also seen.
The name 七輪 (shichirin) is said to come from the idea that it could cook food with the same heat as a stove costing seven rin (an old currency unit), or because it was originally sold for seven rin. The exact origin is uncertain.