wooden ladle or rod for stirring rice porridge in kayuura divination
A specialized ritual tool used in 粥占 (kayuura), a traditional Japanese divination practice involving rice porridge. The term is highly domain-specific and rarely encountered outside historical or folkloric contexts.
See also: 粥占
In kayuura divination, fortune is told by the state of the porridge after stirring it with a kayukakibō.
Standard spelling using 粥 (kayu) and かき (kaki) in kana.
Variant with 掻き (kaki) in kanji; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 粥 (kayu, 'rice porridge'), 掻き (kaki, 'stirring', from 掻く), and 棒 (bō, 'stick, rod'). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the term is clearly associated with the kayuura divination tradition.