let it hang on the stove and was used to boil cook rice into kayu. Yukikamado (行竈) - A pot, with a stove attached, that could be carried around Koshiki (橧 or 甑) - A wooden basket placed on top of a pot to steam cook rice. Nabe (堝 or 鍋) - made of clay or of metal. Primarily used to make stews and a side dish as well as to boil water. Sashinabe (佐志奈閇) - A small pot with a long handle used to warm sake in a bottle. Hiraka or Hotogi (瓫) - A large clay pot, larger than a nabe, used to boil water. Kamado - Also called Mushikamado: the stove itself, constructed with stones, tiles, and clay. Karakamado (韓竈) - A set of koshiki, kanahe (釜), and kamado that can be carried around. Takigi (薪) - In the Nara period, "薪" was read as "takigi" not "maki". Dried wood was used as fuel. Oke (麻筒) - A tub or a pail in three sizes: large, medium, and small. A flat bottomed and shallow tub was also used. Shaku (杓) - Also read as Hisago. A wooden ladle used to scoop cold and hot water from an oke. Katana (刀子) - A cooking knife and not a katana. Kiritsukue or Sekki (切机) - A Manaita (俎) or a cutting board. Fune (船) - A large wooden tub used for washing. Shitami (籮) - A coarse hemp cloth used to squeeze water out or to dry foods by spreading over it. Kame (甕) - A large vase where foods were stored. In the Heian period (794–1185), the first usage of the precursor to "daidokoro", or pantry, was recorded. The imperial palace of Heian had four rooms dedicated to preparing foods, oni no ma (鬼の間), daibandokoro (台盤所), asagarei no ma (朝餉の間), and Ōidono (大炊殿). "Oni no ma" was the room used for checking for poison and tasting before serving. "Asagarei no ma" was the room for eating breakfast. "Ōidono" was the room to cook foods and was placed to the north and as far away as possible from living quarters. "Daibandokoro" was the room used to serve foods onto a daiban (台盤), a lacquered wooden table. Maid servants also ate and waited to serve meals in the daibandokoro. In the Kamakura period (1185–1333), as the Shoinzukuri style of housing became common, the kitchen was gradually absorbed into the house.