Harvest after a flood (July to October, 1802) 、 洪水と収穫（享和 2 年 7 ～ 10 月） Travel views of Japan and Korea https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/agc/item/2018719954/resource/ July, 1802 1 st , Tone River (the second longest river in Japan) overflowed, levee breached . It's terrible! It is also written, "Great South Wind". The village's fields had already flooded due to the heavy rains since the end of last month, and now the levee had broken. 4 th , a letter was sent to the lord detailing the flood damage and requesting a reduction or exemption of tax . note: Tax was not paid in the same amount every year. In a case of natural disasters, a village headman negotiated with his lord to determine an appropriate amount of tax . Samurai understood that if farmers' livelihoods were disrupted, their own livelihoods would also be disrupted . The annual pilgrimage to Oyama Shiba-kyu and others departed for Oyama (Kanagawa Prefecture) o...
How to enjoy daily life in Japan before the industrialization (more than 100 years ago). Most Japanese were farmers and poor, but they enjoyed their lives without smartphones and fossil fuels. Through old diaries, exhibits in museums and books, we could find their fun. 百年以上前、スマホや化石燃料を使わなくても人々は日々の暮らしを楽しんでいました。多くは農民で、豊かではなかったけど。昔の日記、資料館の展示品、書籍から、その生き方を学ぶ。「遊びをせんとや 生まれけむ 戯れせんとや 生まれけん」、ですよね。