Five grains - Gokoku

Japanese: 五穀 - ごこく
Five grains - Gokoku

Among the staple grains, the five most important are called the five grains. In Japan, these are generally rice, wheat, foxtail millet, millet, and beans, but the types and rankings vary depending on the era and region. In ancient India, they referred to barley, wheat, rice, adzuki beans, and sesame, while in China they referred to the five types of hemp (probably sesame), wheat, barnyard millet, millet, and beans, or the five types of hemp, barnyard millet, wheat, rice, and beans, or the five types of millet, barnyard millet, beans, wheat, and rice. In addition, they are sometimes called the six grains (rice, foxtail millet, beans, wheat, glutinous millet, and sorghum) or the nine grains (non-glutinous millet, glutinous millet, glutinous millet, rice, hemp, soybeans, adzuki beans, barley, wheat, and there are various theories).

[Hoshikawa Kiyochika]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

主食とする穀物のうち、とくに重要な5種をあげて五穀という。日本では、一般に米、ムギ、アワ、キビ、豆をさすが、時代や地域により、その種類や順位は相違する。古くインドではオオムギ、コムギ、米、アズキ、ゴマをさし、中国では麻(おそらくゴマであろう)、ムギ、ヒエ、キビ、豆の5種や、麻、ヒエ、ムギ、米、豆の5種、あるいはキビ、ヒエ、豆、ムギ、米の5種をさした。このほかに六穀(イネ、オオアワ、豆、ムギ、モチキビ、モロコシ)や九穀(ウルチキビ、モチキビ、モチアワ、イネ、麻、ダイズ、アズキ、オオムギ、コムギのほか、諸説あり)という場合もある。

[星川清親]

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