This was carried out during the winter time regardless of whether it was short-time (northern Shinano) or long-time (Kanto) and Fujiki pointed out that this has the nature of "work away from home" and "reducing the mouths to feed." これは短期(北信濃)・長期(関東)に関わらず冬期に行われており、「出稼ぎ」と「口減らし」の性格を持つものであると藤木は指摘する。 |