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• Koku
  ...n fiefs were distributed, their wealth was often assessed in the amount of rice (or equivalent goods) that the administrator could expect to receive in tax ...orld Editions, 2007. p34.</ref> making samurai relying on stipends paid in rice less and less wealthy relative to the [[chonin|merchant class]], who earned
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• Dojima Rice Exchange
  ...1868]], and dissolved entirely in 1939, being absorbed into the Government Rice Agency (日本米穀株式会社). ...hundred years before, developed an increasingly monopolistic grasp on the rice trade, determining prices not only within Osaka, but in the entire [[Kinai]
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• Toriyao Iwami no kami
  ...e province]]. Known for his intelligence, he had made sure to stock enough rice prior to [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] invasion in [[1569]] to give the K
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• Great Tenmei Famine
  ...e retainer [[stipends]] to a mere four ''[[Japanese Measurements|gô]]'' of rice per day. The labor shortage led to a considerable rise in wages which conti
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• Okami (folklore)
  ...e reason the wolf was so highly regarded is that it was a protector of the rice field against boars, deer, and hares. (Knight, 139-40) ...apan have traditionally thought that in the winter, after the harvest, the rice field deity acends to the mountain and becomes the mountain deity (Hirayama
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• 1710
  ...op, in connection with the activities of the [[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]].
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• Stipends
  ...on of rice, other grains, and specie. Generally, stipends paid entirely in rice were of higher prestige, while those paid primarily in domainal [[currency| ...pay out of his account. Alternatively, the rice brokers would convert the rice, grain, or other goods into coin.
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• Hachioji Guards
  ...one year's supply of rice at 5 ''gô''/''masu'' (i.e. roughly five cups) of rice per day.</ref> Most of the regular members of the guards had large homes in
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• Kumazawa Banzan
  ...th special zeal, determined to become a worthy samurai. He gave up eating rice so as not to take on weight, and refrained from contact with women for ten ...mic problems in regards to samurai life. He condemned meaningless waste of rice and talent along with idleness among the samurai class. Banzan's goal was t
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• Mizuno Nobutomo
  ...[Kariya castle]]. [[1576]] [[Oda Nobunaga]] charged that Nobutomo had sold rice to [[Akiyama Nobutomo]] (a rival [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] general) during the
  751 bytes (98 words) - 18:30, 7 November 2007
• Issun boshi
  ...an inch (one ''sun'') tall. These included traveling across Osaka Bay in a rice bowl.
  562 bytes (81 words) - 22:08, 1 May 2016
• 1697
  *[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] in [[Osaka]] is established.
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• 1773
  *[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] is formally sanctioned, sponsored, and organized by the shogunat
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• 1735
  ...ogunate]] institutes a price floor on rice. Merchants in [[Edo]] must sell rice for no less than one ''[[ryo|ryô]]'' per 1.4 ''[[koku]]'', and in [[Osaka]
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• Sakishima seasonal folk festivals
  ...ate a number of festivals relating to the planting, growth, and harvest of rice across the year. Rice-planting begins early in the year on [[Iriomote]], [[Ishigaki]], and the su
  2 KB (297 words) - 09:30, 18 October 2019
• Ichiwa
  ...doused in a sweet [[miso]] sauce. Aburi-mochi, along with ''[[sekihan]]'' (rice with [[azuki|red beans]]), are associated with the Yasurai Festival, dating
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• Nengu
  ...other goods or commodities, or hard [[currency]], were substituted for the rice payment. The tax rate usually varied from village to village, or even withi
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• Karakane Baisho
  ...from [[Izumi province]], he was head of the Karakane family of shippers & rice warehousers. He regularly interacted with local [[literati]] including [[Gi
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• Kyoho Famine
  ...struck the [[Seto Inland Sea]] region and [[Kyushu]] in [[1732]], causing rice prices throughout the region to increase by a factor of seven. Roughly 22%
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• 1671
  * 1671/7 [[Kawamura Zuiken]] establishes the [[Tokai route]] to ship rice from [[Mutsu province]] to [[Edo]].
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