Seven pioneers - Kusawakeshichiken

Japanese: 草分け七軒 - くさわけしちけん
Seven pioneers - Kusawakeshichiken

...This is known from the fact that there is rarely just one pioneer house in a village, but rather almost the same number of houses are counted as pioneers in each area, and the explanations of their origins are very typical. The most common example seen nationwide is the identification of seven pioneer houses, such as "seven pioneer houses," "seven farmers," or "seven hearths." It is not just that a village was developed by seven houses, but that the seven houses often actually existed, and these houses often had a special position in the use of common land and in shrine rituals.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Seven Groundbreaking Houses" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのことは,草分けの家が村落に1軒ということはあまりなく,どこでもほぼ同じ数の家が草分けとして数えられており,しかもその来歴の説明がひじょうに類型的であることによって知られる。全国的にもっとも一般的に見られるのは,〈草分け七軒〉〈七軒百姓〉あるいは〈七かまど〉というように,草分けを7軒とすることである。単に7軒の家によって開発されたというだけでなく,その7軒の家が現実に存在することが多く,しかもそれらの家々が共有地の利用や神社の祭祀において特別な地位にあることもしばしばである。…

※「草分け七軒」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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