Kijishi (wood masters) formed villages while moving within mountains, but some of them moved to other mountains and it also happened sometimes that an entire village perished due to famine. |
木地師は山中を移動しながら村を構えていたが、別の山へ移住するものもあれば、時には飢饉で一村全滅という悲惨な事態を迎えた村もあった。 |