Horse-dumping ground - Umasuteba

Japanese: 馬捨場 - うますてば
Horse-dumping ground - Umasuteba

…Therefore, eating horse meat was avoided in the past, and it can be said that it began as a way to dispose of dead horses after the Meiji period, and became a custom to eat them. Until then, the skins of dead horses were only used for drums, and many were abandoned in horse dumping grounds set up on the outskirts of villages to be eaten by wild animals. Traces of this practice remain in various places as place names, and it is said that the abolition of this practice led to changes in the ecology of Japan's wild carnivores, such as wolves and foxes. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "horse disposal areas" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがって,その肉を食べることも古くは忌避されており,明治以後に廃馬を処理する方法の一端として始まって食習となったといえる。それまでは,死馬は皮を太鼓などに利用するにとどまり,多くは村落の外縁に設けた馬捨場に遺棄して野獣の食にまかせた。その痕跡は地名となって各地に残存しており,この慣行が廃止されて日本の野生肉食獣であるオオカミやキツネなどの生態に変化が生じたともいわれている。…

※「馬捨場」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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