(The word 'Makanefuku' (blowing steel), as the 'makurakotoba' (an epithet used in waka poetry) to describe Kibi, is said to be evidence of the fact that steel manufacturing was the main industry of Kibi Province.) (和歌における吉備の枕詞には「まかねふく(真金吹く)」という語句があり、これが吉備国の主要産業が製鉄鋳造技術である事の裏付けであったと言われる) |