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• Rice broker
  ...ake to a rice broker and exchange for the actual value in gold, silver, or rice. ...since then, and existed prior to the [[1697]] establishment of the Dôjima Rice Exchange, since [[Ihara Saikaku]], in his [[1688]] publication ''[[Nihon ei
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• Rice brokers
  #REDIRECT [[Rice broker]]
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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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• Elisha E. Rice
  Elisha E. Rice served as a United States consul based in [[Hakodate]]. He arrived there in [[Category:Foreigners|Rice, Elisha]]
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• Elisha E. Rice
  Elisha E. Rice served as a United States consul based in [[Hakodate]]. He arrived there in [[Category:Foreigners|Rice, Elisha]]
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• 1733
  ...onspiring to control rice prices through the [[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]].
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• Rice brokers
  #REDIRECT [[Rice broker]]
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• Rice broker
  ...ake to a rice broker and exchange for the actual value in gold, silver, or rice. ...since then, and existed prior to the [[1697]] establishment of the Dôjima Rice Exchange, since [[Ihara Saikaku]], in his [[1688]] publication ''[[Nihon ei
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• Sasuke Inari Shrine
  ...[[Shinto shrine]] in [[Kamakura]] dedicated to [[Inari]], ''[[kami]]'' of rice. ...that when [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] was in [[Izu province|Izu]], the god of rice appeared to him in a dream, telling him "the time to destroy the [[Taira cl
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• Iida Shinshichi I
  ...nce|Ômi province]]. Shinshichi began selling secondhand clothes out of the rice shop, and in [[1831]], opened his own shop, calling it Takashimaya, and sel
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• Daijosai
  ...performing ritual making his first offering of rice as Emperor, consuming rice, and becoming imbued with the spiritual power of his forebears.
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• Sake
  ...hu'' (or "Japanese alcohol") can be used to refer specifically to Japanese rice-wine.</ref> Saké is a rice wine that was historically the chief alcoholic beverage in Japan.
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• Ono Tadaaki
  ...nstructor who was given the rank of ''karita bugyô'' (or, Commissioner for rice fields) during the Tokugawa attack on Ueda in 1600. During the siege he fou
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• Bukubukucha
  .... The distinctive mineral qualities of Okinawan water, combined with white rice powder, allow the large mounds of foam to be formed. It is said that bukubu
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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
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• Issun boshi
  ...an inch (one ''sun'') tall. These included traveling across Osaka Bay in a rice bowl.
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• 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
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• 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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• Yugeshima
  ...roducts such as seaweed. Since all tribute/taxes were nominally counted in rice, the estate was made to appear, on paper, as if the village paid its ''neng
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• 1787
  ...riots break out in [[Osaka]]; city residents band together and attack the rice storehouses.
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• Gojomaisen
  ''Gojômaisen'' were ships employed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to carry rice collected from shogunate lands (''tenryô'') as taxes (''[[nengu|nengû]]''
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• Kusarigamajutsu
  ...ma, or sickle. This was an agrarian implement for cutting plants, such as rice, in the field, but also used in stables to quickly harvest grass for the ho
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• 1732
  *Locusts attack crops around the [[Seto Inland Sea]], and rice prices soar to seven times the previous rate, marking the beginning of the
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• Celestial Masters Rebellion
  ...hīdào''), also known as the Rice Thieves (''Mǐ zéi'') or the Five Pecks of Rice (''Wǔdǒu mǐ''), were a rebel group whose actions contributed significant
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• Keian Proclamation
  ...eir own household tools, and were to eat barley or other grains, and not [[rice]].
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• Amamikyo
  ...6-67, 89.; Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 125-126.</ref> and with introducing rice cultivation and other technologies. ...ith them cultural customs as well as technologies such as iron working and rice agriculture.<ref>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 125.</ref> Some have gone so f
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• Yara gusuku
  ...into the natural stone, and excavations have revealed old pottery, beads, rice and wheat, and other materials. The ''[[Ryukyukoku yuraiki|Ryûkyû-koku yu
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• Kitamaebune
  ...ilarly, the Osaka-based warehousing guilds (''[[tonya|ton'ya]]'') handling rice and other goods from these regions grew in number from fewer than 400 merch ...the Sea of Japan coastal ports, and Hokkaidô, were myriad, and included [[rice]], [[salt]], textiles, [[sake|saké]], [[candles]], dried fish, [[soba]] no
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• Japanese Measurements
  ...duced one ''koku'' of rice, and a ''chô'' of land produced ten ''koku'' of rice.</ref> *1 '''Hyô''' (俵) = 1 "bale" or "bag" of rice = 4 '''to''' (斗)
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• Nakatani Shinshichi
  ...t family from Jigozen-mura, [[Hiroshima prefecture]], he sold his family's rice fields to be able to afford the construction of the bridge and bell tower g
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• Hiroshima han
  ...f [[Mitarai]]. In actual practice, the payments ended up being in not only rice, but accompanied by some amount of copper or bronze, iron or steel, and spu
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• 1726
  *1726/4 [[Edo]]-based wholesalers dealing in rice, lamp oil, or any of thirteen other specified products, are required by the
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• Kiyu Treaty
  ...authorization. Korea was also obliged to provide 100 ''[[koku]]'' worth of rice and beans to Tsushima han each year, and to allow Tsushima agents to conduc
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• 1724
  *Merchants dealing in oil, rice, and certain other commodities are ordered by the shogunate to form protect
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• Former Natives Protection Law
  ...nning, and growing certain kinds of vegetables and other crops (other than rice).
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• Taira no Yukimori
  ...e played a notable role in guiding or teaching the locals in techniques of rice agriculture and fishing, and in matters of morals and ethics, for which he
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• Tenpo Famine
  ...attacked storehouses, or the homes of elites they believed to be hoarding rice.
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• 867
  ..., 常平倉) in the east and west parts of Heian-kyô, and sells government-owned rice in order to increase the available supply and lower prices.
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