Rice harvest break - Inekariyasumi

…[Furushima Toshio] Holidays in early modern rural areas were generally called asobibi (days of leisure). Asobibi can be broadly divided into annual holidays such as New Year's Day, Little New Year's Day, Bon Festival, seasonal festivals, and village festivals, and days off from agricultural work such as rice planting and harvesting. However, many holidays were also determined by the annual cycle of agricultural work. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "rice harvest holiday" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…【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。ただし，祝祭日も農業労働の年間サイクルに規定されるものが多い。…

※「稲刈休み」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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