...In addition, some places start farming after seeing the blooming of magnolias and cherry blossoms. In the Aizu Nosho (1684), a representative local agricultural book from the early modern period, there are examples of the "Tanemakizakura" that blooms at the seed-sowing festival and the "Saotomebana" that blooms at the rice-planting festival being called the "May maiden flower," and it is also mentioned that wisteria flowers are used to sow sesame seeds. In some areas, the calls of wild birds are used as a guide for farming, such as "When the cuckoo sings, sow millet, and when the tot (Tsutsuri) comes, sow beans," and the barn owl is called the "hemp-sowing bird." In some places, the movement of stars such as the Pleiades is used as a guide for the sowing and fishing seasons of wheat and buckwheat. *Some of the terminology that refers to "asamakidori" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…このほか,コブシや桜などの開花を見て農作業にとりかかるところもあり,近世の代表的な地方農書である《会津農書》(1684)には種子蒔節(たねまきのせつ)に咲く〈たねまき桜〉や田植節(たうえのせつ)に咲く卯の花を〈五月乙女花(さおとめばな)〉と称する例のほか,藤の花でゴマをまくことなどが述べられている。土地によっては野鳥の鳴声を農事の目安とするふうもあり,〈カッコウが鳴いたらアワをまけ,トット(ツツドリ)がきたら豆をまけ〉といったり,アオバズクを〈麻まき鳥〉と呼んだりした。また,すばるなどの星の運行を見て,麦やソバなどの播種時期や漁期の目安にするところもあった。… ※「麻まき鳥」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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