KATO Hideaki
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SUDA Keizo
… Conversely, for the 20-30 year age group, both men and women are more numerous in the Shumon-aratamecho than in the Kakocho.This suggests that women between the ages of 16-20 were live-in domestic helpers in households in town and thus were not able to return home at the time of the religious affiliation census, while men and women aged between 20 and 30 were largely temporary workers who were able to return to their homes in winter and were thus included in the religious affiliation census records. …
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