Inokotsuki - Inokotsuki

...The rice field god, who goes out to the fields on the first day of work on the 11th day of the New Year or on the day of the boar in the second month of the lunar calendar, is said to finish his work for the year and return home. At home, 12 rice cakes from the new rice are placed in a measuring box and offered to the rice storehouse (Tajima, Sado). At this time, children go around to each house and hit the ground with a stone or straw mat to receive rice cakes and money. People are careful not to step on the marks made by the stone poking of the boar (Hiroshima Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture). ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…正月11日の仕事始や旧暦2月亥日などに田へ出た田の神が1年間の仕事を終えて帰るといい，家では新米の餅12個を枡に入れ米蔵の俵へ供えてまつる(但馬，佐渡)。このとき子どもたちが各家々をまわり，石やわらづとで地面をたたく亥子突きをしたりして，亥子餅やお金などをもらう。亥子の石突きをしてできた跡はことさら踏まないようにした(広島県，岡山県)。…

※「亥子突き」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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