A Japanese Village

adopted agricultural association Amida bancho banquet banquet food bride broker Buddhist buraku butsudan cakes called celebration ceremony child co-operation co-operative dances deity drink economic exchange farmers farming festivals fish Fukada funeral gather geisha gift girls guests harvest head headman Higan Hirayama Hitoyoshi holidays honour household Ichifusa Imamura Inari Japan Japanese Jizō Kakui kamidana kattari Kawaze kimono Kitadake kitōshi koku koseki Kuma County Kuma River Kumamoto kumi Kwannon labour lunar calendar marriage meeting Meiji Menda mochi month mountain mura Nakashima neighbours nushidōri Oade ofuda Okaharu paddy party prefectural relatives rice samurai school-teachers season sect servants served Shinshū Shinto priest Shinto shrine shōchū shopkeepers silk social song Suye Suye Mura Tanabata Taragi to-day tokonoma towns transplanting upland usually village office wedding wife woman women Yakushi young Yunoharu Zen temple