Rice Year - Inadashi

Japanese: 稲年 - いなどし
Rice Year - Inadashi

…The Bontoc Igorot people of the Philippines, who focus on rice as the only plant, divide their calendar into eight periods in relation to the various tasks of rice cultivation. A calendar formed in this way in relation to rice is called the rice year. Calendars in primitive societies are not always linked to the phases of the moon, but calendars linked to the moon are more common. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,フィリピンのボントック・イゴロット諸族ではこの植物が稲のみに集中し,稲作のいろいろの作業と関連して8の期間に分けられている。このように稲との関連で形成される暦をとくに稲年(いなどし)rice yearと呼ぶ。未開社会の暦はつねに月の満ち欠けと組み合わされるとは限らないが,月と組み合わされた暦のほうがより一般的である。…

※「稲年」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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