Mitsukeda - Mitsukeda

Japanese: 見付田 - みつけだ

A land term from the Edo period. It is said to mean "land of found things." For normal cultivated land, the grade and kokumori (stone mound) are determined by land survey, but kokumori refers to cultivated land that is slightly better than poor land that cannot even be mounded. It is cultivated land with low productivity, with a mound of 1 to 2 to below the lowest grade, which is lower than Shigejo, and rice paddies are called Mitsuke-da and fields are called Mitsuke-hata. [Kanzaki Akitoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代の土地用語。〈みつけものの土地〉の意といわれる。通常の耕地は検地により等級と石盛（こくもり）が決定するが，石盛もつけられない劣悪な土地より少しは良い耕地のこと。等級の最低である下々より以下の石盛1斗，2斗と生産性の低い耕地で，水田を見付田，畑を見付畑という。【神崎彰利】

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