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among districts of Takahama, communities to clean the premises. Work-
ers arrived from neighbouring villages in the following days and the work-
ers were treated to rice wine after each day of work.
According to the first record of disaster relief aid on 11th August 1814,
in the Ueda diary, from Kozatoko, Takahama’s closest neighbouring vil-
lage, 2 hyo (180 kg) of momi (unhulled rice), 8 sheaves of mugi-wara (straw),
9 sheaves of ha-nawa (rice straw ropes) and 4 hyo of nankin (pumpkin)
were delivered; from Michida-Jinpei, an individual from Tomioka town,
5 hyo of Hizen-mai (= rice from Hizen province) and from Sanchome-na-
ka, a district of the same town, 25 sheaves of ha-nawa; from Fukuregi, a vil-
lage, 10 sheaves of shi-moto (= branches) and 10 sheaves of ha-nawa; from
Ōe, a village, 8 hyo of ō-mugi (= barley) and 75 sheaves of ha-nawa; and
from Giichiro, an individual from Jokiba, a village, 15 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4
to) of ō-mugi; and from Ezouta, a person of the same village, 10 hyo (where
1 hyo = 4 to) of ō-mugi. Shimotsufukae, a village, provided 70 bundles of
cho-boku (timber) and 7 sheaves of ha-nawa. Komatsukawa, a branch dis-
trict of Tororo, a village, offered 13 pieces of sho-choboku (= small timber),
5 sheaves of shi-moto, and 3 sheaves of ko-e-dake (bamboo branches), as
well as 45 bundles of cho-boku; and Tororo as a whole provided 4 sheaves
of ha-nawa, 46 pieces of matsu-taruki (pine rafters), 1 sheaf of shi-moto, 78
sheaves of mugi-wara, and 49 sheaves of ko-e-dake. Furthermore, from Ic-
choda, a village, 4 sheaves of shi-moto and 5 sheaves of ha-nawa were de-
livered; from the villages of Shiki, Kamitsufukae and Uchida, oo-mugi was
delivered in the amounts of 8 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4 to), 4 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4
to) and 2 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4 to), respectively; and from Sakasegawa, a vil-
lage, 2 hyo (where 1 hyo = 5 to) of barley was provided. This was all delivered
“for the purpose of saving the victims of the fire which occurred in the vil-
lage” (Ueda diary). It should also be noted that relief goods were also deliv-
ered from areas other than the eight neighbouring villages, and thus the re-
lief assistance network was more complex than imagined.
The second record of relief aid can be found in the diary entry of 28th
September, when aid was provided by Imatomi and Sakitsu, which belonged
to the same Ōe-gumi (Ōe village group), to which the eight villages of Sak-
itsu, Imatomi, Ōe, Kozatoko, Shimotsufukae, Fukuregi, Tororo, and Taka-
hama belonged. Goods were delivered once again from farther locations
such as Giichiro, an individual from Jokiba, a village, and Jinpei Michida of
Tomioka town. One hyo (where 1 hyo equals 3 to and 5) of Chikugo-mai (rice
from Chikugo province) from Giichiro of Jokiba, 1 cho (where 1 cho equals
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among districts of Takahama, communities to clean the premises. Work-
ers arrived from neighbouring villages in the following days and the work-
ers were treated to rice wine after each day of work.
According to the first record of disaster relief aid on 11th August 1814,
in the Ueda diary, from Kozatoko, Takahama’s closest neighbouring vil-
lage, 2 hyo (180 kg) of momi (unhulled rice), 8 sheaves of mugi-wara (straw),
9 sheaves of ha-nawa (rice straw ropes) and 4 hyo of nankin (pumpkin)
were delivered; from Michida-Jinpei, an individual from Tomioka town,
5 hyo of Hizen-mai (= rice from Hizen province) and from Sanchome-na-
ka, a district of the same town, 25 sheaves of ha-nawa; from Fukuregi, a vil-
lage, 10 sheaves of shi-moto (= branches) and 10 sheaves of ha-nawa; from
Ōe, a village, 8 hyo of ō-mugi (= barley) and 75 sheaves of ha-nawa; and
from Giichiro, an individual from Jokiba, a village, 15 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4
to) of ō-mugi; and from Ezouta, a person of the same village, 10 hyo (where
1 hyo = 4 to) of ō-mugi. Shimotsufukae, a village, provided 70 bundles of
cho-boku (timber) and 7 sheaves of ha-nawa. Komatsukawa, a branch dis-
trict of Tororo, a village, offered 13 pieces of sho-choboku (= small timber),
5 sheaves of shi-moto, and 3 sheaves of ko-e-dake (bamboo branches), as
well as 45 bundles of cho-boku; and Tororo as a whole provided 4 sheaves
of ha-nawa, 46 pieces of matsu-taruki (pine rafters), 1 sheaf of shi-moto, 78
sheaves of mugi-wara, and 49 sheaves of ko-e-dake. Furthermore, from Ic-
choda, a village, 4 sheaves of shi-moto and 5 sheaves of ha-nawa were de-
livered; from the villages of Shiki, Kamitsufukae and Uchida, oo-mugi was
delivered in the amounts of 8 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4 to), 4 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4
to) and 2 hyo (where 1 hyo = 4 to), respectively; and from Sakasegawa, a vil-
lage, 2 hyo (where 1 hyo = 5 to) of barley was provided. This was all delivered
“for the purpose of saving the victims of the fire which occurred in the vil-
lage” (Ueda diary). It should also be noted that relief goods were also deliv-
ered from areas other than the eight neighbouring villages, and thus the re-
lief assistance network was more complex than imagined.
The second record of relief aid can be found in the diary entry of 28th
September, when aid was provided by Imatomi and Sakitsu, which belonged
to the same Ōe-gumi (Ōe village group), to which the eight villages of Sak-
itsu, Imatomi, Ōe, Kozatoko, Shimotsufukae, Fukuregi, Tororo, and Taka-
hama belonged. Goods were delivered once again from farther locations
such as Giichiro, an individual from Jokiba, a village, and Jinpei Michida of
Tomioka town. One hyo (where 1 hyo equals 3 to and 5) of Chikugo-mai (rice
from Chikugo province) from Giichiro of Jokiba, 1 cho (where 1 cho equals
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