Grass cutting break - Kusakari yasumi

...In accordance with this decision, for agricultural holidays whose dates could not be fixed, village officials would circulate a notice just before the holidays, observing the progress of agricultural work. Based on the improvement of labor productivity, a variety of agricultural holidays were introduced, such as holidays for rice planting, rice harvesting, and grass cutting, or holidays for wheat harvesting, barnyard millet harvesting, cotton sowing, and silkworm raising, depending on the characteristics of local agriculture. In addition, the number of celebratory holidays increased due to the establishment of new shrines and new festivals. The number of agricultural holidays per year was usually around 25 to 40 days. ...

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…その決定に沿い，日取りを固定できない農休については，農作業の進行をみて直前に村役人が触廻状で日取りを指定する。遊日の内容では，労働生産力の向上を基盤に，田植･稲刈･草刈休み，あるいは地域農業の特質に応じた麦刈･ヒエ(稗)刈･木綿まき･蚕上げ休みなど多様な農休がとりいれられ，また新社勧請，新規祭礼から祝祭休日も増した。年間遊日数は25～40日程度が通例となる。…

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