Kurumada - Kurumada

Japanese: 車田 - クルマダ

This refers to a rice planting method in which rice is planted in a circle starting from the center of the field and moving outwards, as well as rice fields planted in this way. It is handed down in particular rice fields of old families in Niigata, Iwate, Gifu, Toyama, etc. It is performed to welcome the descent of the rice field god, while singing rice planting songs. It is a ritual connected to other ceremonies such as Otaue and Hanataue, and the example in Kita-Ushima, Sado is well known. There is also a rice planting method in which rice is planted in the opposite direction, from the outside of the field along the ridges to the center, and in Iwate and Akita prefectures this is called mawariue. [Oshima Akio]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

田の中央から外へ円形に回りながら植える田植の方法およびこの方法で田植をした田をいう。新潟，岩手，岐阜，富山などの旧家の特定の田に伝承される。田の神の降臨を迎え，田植歌などを唱和しながら行われる。大田植や花田植などの儀礼に連なる儀礼で，佐渡の北鵜島の例が著名である。なお，この逆に，畝に沿って田の外側から中央へ植えていく田植の方法もあり，岩手･秋田県下ではマワリウエと呼んでいる。【大島暁雄】

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