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…This place is close to the border between the north and south lakes of Lake Biwa, and it is the narrowest part of the lake, and in spring and summer, the fishing profits are the best. Therefore, the origin of the eri is thought to date back to at least the Middle Ages, and later it was called "eri no oyakyo" (parent village of the eri). Since the Edo period, the area has paid an annual "eri tax" of 15 koku 9 to of rice, and was allowed to have 8 large eri and more than 30 small eri. The catch is mainly carp and crucian carp, and the peak season is from May to June. After that, the bamboo is gradually removed and the area is reduced in size until around September when typhoons arrive, and it is customary to rebuild it in early spring, but the bamboo materials and the labor required are enormous. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ここは琵琶湖の北湖と南湖の境に近く，湖の最狭部を扼し，春夏の候，漁利がもっとも多い。したがって，そのえりの起源も，少なくも中世以来と考えられ，後には〈えりの親郷〉と称し，江戸期以降，〈えり高〉として米15石9斗余を年々納めており，大えり8ヵ所，小えり30余ヵ所を許されていた。獲物はコイ，フナを主とし，5～6月が最盛期で，以後，台風の来る9月ごろまでに順次竹を抜き取りつつ規模を縮小し，早春に再築するのが例であるが，竹材の莫大な費用とその労力は多大なものであった。…

※「えり高」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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