柘榴ざくろ口ぐち

noun

low entrance door in Edo-period bathhouses

Historical term for a small, low door at the entrance of a public bathhouse (sento) during the Edo period, designed to minimize heat loss and keep the bathwater warm.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの銭せん湯とうには、柘榴ざくろ口ぐちと呼よばれる低ひくい入いり口ぐちがあった。

  In Edo-period public bathhouses, there was a low entrance called a 'zakuroguchi'.

• 柘榴ざくろ口ぐちは、湯ゆ気げが外そとに逃にげるのを防ふせぐために小ちいさく作つくられていた。

  The zakuroguchi was made small to prevent steam from escaping.