Kanburaimo - Kanburaimo

…Potatoes are called imo in Hokkaido, but in Honshu, they are a new type of potato and have many other names. They are called Nidoimo, Koubouimo, Kanbraimo, etc., and are cultivated in fields like sweet potatoes, but in Gifu Prefecture and the Shikoku region, they are also cultivated by slash-and-burn farming. In Gunma Prefecture, taro is called "kage no tawara," and in Kyushu, it is called keimo, which shows that potatoes were important as a food source in an era when rice was not the staple food, but above all, they were an everyday food for the common people and were important as a food source during poor harvests. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cambraimo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ジャガイモを北海道ではいもと呼ぶが，本州では新しいいものため異名が多い。ニドイモ，コウボウイモ，カンブライモなどであり，サツマイモと同様に畑に栽培されるが，岐阜県や四国地方などでは焼畑で作る所もある。　群馬県ではサトイモのことを〈蔭の俵〉と呼び，九州ではケイモと呼ぶなど，コメを主食としない時代にいもが食料として重視されたことがわかるが，なによりも庶民にとって日常的な食料であるとともに，凶作時の食料としての意義が大きかった。…

※「カンブライモ」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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