Forgetting Autumn - Akiwasure

...From the beginning, there were fixed days off for the purpose of resting from work, such as the 1st, 15th, 24th, or every Sunday, and farms and shops have often adopted fixed-day systems, following the example of government offices and companies. However, in the past, in rural areas, people often took days off depending on the situation of the work, such as working three days and resting one day for spring plowing, taking a sanaburi break after rice planting, and taking a farm break after the harvest to forget about autumn. Also, when it rained after a long period of drought, people would take extra days off, called Amefuri Shogatsu or Oshimeri Shogatsu, to rest their tired bodies. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akiwasure" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…最初から労働休養を目的としたものには，1日，15日，24日とか毎日曜日などの定休日があり，官庁や会社などにならって農家や商家でも定休日方式をとることが多くなった。しかしかつての農村では作業の状況に応じて休むことが多く，春の田起こしには3日働いて1日休むとか，田植後にはサナブリ休みをとるとか，収穫後には秋忘れとしての農休みをとるなどしていた。また日照りが続いたあとの降雨のときには，アメフリ正月，オシメリ正月などといって臨時に休んで疲れた身体をいやすこともあった。…

※「秋忘れ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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