Mount Asama Eruption - Mount Asama Eruption

...As a result, rice prices soared, and the famine in food-starved areas was doubled by the policy of tsunami, which was implemented to defend the territory. It is said that all food that could be used was completely consumed, including miscellaneous grains, seaweed, buds and weeds, and pine bark. Furthermore, the great eruption of Mount Asama in July of that year buried the surrounding farming villages with ash, causing widespread damage. Although there are no overall statistics, there are many places in the Tohoku region where the population decreased by as much as one-third. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the "Great Eruption of Mt. Asama" are listed below.

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…このため米価は騰貴し，また自領の防衛のために行われる津留政策によって食糧の欠乏する地帯の飢饉は倍加され，雑穀はもとより海草，草木の芽や雑草，松の甘皮など，食糧になりうるものはすべて取り尽くされたという。さらにこの年7月の浅間山大噴火で降灰が周辺農村を埋め，広範囲の地域に被害をもたらした。全体的な統計はないが，東北地方では3分の1に及ぶ人口減をみた所も少なくない。…

※「浅間山大噴火」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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