Koba work

Japanese: 木場作 - こばさく

Slash-and-burn farming is the cultivation of foxtail millet, buckwheat, beans, etc. in the area where forests have been burned. After three to four years of cultivation, the land is abandoned and moved to another location. Slash-and-burn farming has been widely practiced since ancient times, from the Tohoku region to the Kyushu region. The scene of lumber fields scattered in patches on the mountain slopes resembles a kanoko pattern, so some places are called kanoko fields, kanou fields, or kanon fields. There are also many cases of cedar trees being planted on the land where lumber fields had been cultivated. Some forest owners even had cedar trees planted in exchange for the lumber fields. Slash-and-burn farming [Tsutsui Michio]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

森林を焼いた跡にアワ，ソバ，マメなどを作る焼畑のこと。3～4年耕作すれば放置して他の場所に移動した。東北地方から九州地方まで古くから広く行われていた。山の斜面にまだらに木場作地が散在している情景はあたかも鹿の子模様に似ていることから，鹿の子畑，かのう畑，かのん畑というところもある。木場作跡地にスギを植えた例も多い。なかには木場作の対価としてスギを植えさせた山林所有者もいた。焼畑【筒井迪夫】

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