Play day - Asobibi

...In addition, in many cases, the amount of work that a servant would do in the fields or during night shifts was determined, and after completing that amount, they would work on land rented by their master, such as in the fields of Homachi or Matsubori, and receive the harvest. [Furushima Toshio] Days off in early modern farming villages were generally called "asobibi" (days of leisure). Broadly speaking, asobibi consisted of annual festival days such as New Year's Day, Little New Year's Day, Bon Festival, festivals, and village festivals, and days off from agricultural labor such as rice planting and harvesting. ...

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…このほか，奉公人の田畑の作業，夜なべ仕事についても，多くの場合一人前仕事の量が決められていて，それを果たしたあとの時間を，ほまち田畑，まつぼり作などという主家の貸付地で働き，その収穫を入手することがあった。【古島 敏雄】　近世農村の休日は，一般に遊日（あそびび）と呼ばれた。遊日は大別して，正月，小正月，盆，節句，村祭などの年中行事的な祝祭日と，田植，稲刈休みなどの農業労働休養日とからなる。…

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