Peasant Biography - Hyakushodenki

Title of an agricultural book. Written before the Edo and Genroku periods (1688-1704), this is one of the finest local agricultural books, but the author and publication date are unknown. The author was from the area between present-day Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures, and was probably a samurai. It was written based on interviews with old farmers, but the author himself is thought to have been engaged in farming. It is thought to have been written between 1680 and 1682 (Enpo 8 - Tenwa 2). It consists of 15 volumes, and although the content is excellent, it was not widely circulated as it was only handed down as a copy.

The 15 volumes are as follows: Volume 1 is a collection of seasonal items, Volume 2 is a volume on the five constants, Volume 3 is a treatise on the nature of rice fields and farmland, Volume 4 is a collection of the good and evil of house construction and a collection of trees, Volume 5 is a set of names of agricultural implements and small cargo items, Volume 6 is a collection of impurities, Volume 7 is a collection of water prevention and irrigation, Volume 8 is a collection of 100 poems on seedling preparation and a selection of the same, Volume 9 is a collection of rice field cultivation, Volume 10 is a collection of wheat cultivation, Volume 11 is a collection of cultivation of five grains and miscellaneous grains, Volume 12 is a collection of vegetable cultivation, Volume 13 is a collection of water plants, Volume 14 is a collection of food crops, and Volume 15 is a set of names of garden tools, household tools, and hemp machine tools. The collection of impurities describes fertilizer, and the collection of food crops describes famine relief crops.

[Yoichi Fukushima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

農書名。江戸、元禄(げんろく)時代（1688～1704）以前に著された、もっとも優れた地方農書の一つであるが、著者、刊行年とも不詳である。著者は現在の静岡県から愛知県あたりの人で、おそらく武士と考えられ、老農からの聞き書きであるが、著者本人も農耕に従事したと思われる。時代は1680～1682年（延宝8～天和2）の間と考えられる。全15巻からなり、内容は非常に優れているが、写本としてのみ伝わったため広くは流布しなかった。

　15巻の構成は、巻1が四季集、巻2が五常之巻、巻3が田畠地性論、巻4が屋敷構善悪・樹木集、巻5が農具小荷駄具名揃、巻6不浄集、巻7坊（防）水集、巻8苗代百首・同抄、巻9田耕作集、巻10麦耕作集、巻11五穀雑穀品々耕作集、巻12蘄菜耕作集、巻13水草集、巻14万粮集、巻15庭場道具・所帯道具・麻機道具名揃である。不浄集は肥料、万粮集は救荒作物について述べている。

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