缶ほとぎ

noun

earthenware water jar; pot-bellied jar

A traditional fat-bodied, small-mouthed earthenware jar used for carrying water. Now mostly a historical or cultural term.

• 昔むかし、ほとぎで井い戸どから水みずを運はこんだ。

  Long ago, people carried water from the well using a hotogi jar.

noun

baby's first bath vessel

Specifically the water vessel used for a newborn's first bath, a traditional practice. Rare and culturally specific.

• 赤あかちゃんの産うぶ湯ゆにほとぎを使つかう風ふう習しゅうが一いち部ぶに残のこっている。

  In some regions, the custom of using a hotogi for a baby's first bath still remains.