Rice handling celebration - Inekokiwai

…The mindset for using these kinds of employees is also a concern in agricultural books, and the master needed to prepare the necessary farm tools for continuous use without rest, and to be prepared to have them carry things to and from the fields. Although the working conditions were harsh, in addition to New Year's and Obon holidays, the celebrations of rice planting after rice planting and rice handling after threshing are well known, but there were other days off for farmers. One landowner in the Shinano mountain area has kept a detailed agricultural diary since the mid-Edo period, and according to it, there were 25 to 30 days off between the start of work on January 8th and the end of the year. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ina Tsuri Iwai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この種の雇人を使う心構えは農書の類の関心事でもあり，次々と休みなく使うために必要な農具類を用意し，田畑への行き来にも，必ず物を運ばせる心構えが，主人には必要とされた。厳しい労働条件ではあるが，正月や盆の休みのほかにも田植後のさなぶり，稲脱穀後の稲扱（いねこき）祝などは広く知られるが，このほかにも農家の休日はあった。　信濃山間部の一地主は江戸中期から詳細な農業日記をつけているが，それによると，1月8日の仕事始めから年末までの間に25日から30日に及ぶ休日のあったことが知られる。…

※「稲扱祝」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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