Japanese customs. Mabiki.

 It is a small idea of the Japanese population and the productivity of the Japanese archipelago, their base. Among the haetja that attached the leaf, there was a haetja that the productivity of the Japanese archipelago said to support the Japanese population. 'The Japanese population has been large since a long time ago. Looking at the Three Kingdoms, there is an attempt by Son Kwon of the On Dynasty to buy mercenaries from Japan. Since then, it has been overflowing due to its large population, which means that it becomes that much productive, and I think it would have been about twice as much as that of Joseon." But the idea of Sohae is a little different. Bio agrees that the population in the Japanese archipelago is larger than the population on the Korean Peninsula. But I think it's not just about productivity. This is because I think that the artificial factor is greater than the natural factor when it comes to population growth in Japan. Looking at the population growth in the Japanese archipelago, the population rapidly drops from up to 260,000 in the archipelago at the end of the Jomon period. It is estimated to be about 75,000 people. After that, the population suddenly began to increase, exceeding 700,000 in the Yayoi era and 5 million in the ancient times. In particular, with the ancient times, the momentum gradually increases. In the 4th century, the phenomenon of population explosion during the period referred to as the ancient times in Japanese history was a rapid pattern that exceeded the natural growth rate of the population by more than 10 times. It was particularly noticeable in western Japan, which was a population gap. "This can be seen from the population change shown above. The table above shows that in the case of 일본 Japan, the population increased sharply to 305600 during the Yayoi period, which shows a tremendous increase of 113 times the population of 기의 Japan at the end of Jomong, and a 32 times increase compared to the 9,500 population of Jomong era. In the case of East Japan at the end of Jomong, 68314 people apply the population decline rate as it is. It can be seen that this shows a 3.5 times increase compared to the population of the Yayoi era (AD200). It's much less than 113 times the evidence of Japan, but the 3.5 times increase in just 500 years means that the population of 1 million increased to 3.5 million. In addition, considering the rapid decline in the population of the Jomong people, this cannot be applied to the natural growth rate. And this population increased sharply again to 4.5 million in 725. It will increase 7.5 times in just 500 years. This is the same as if the population of 1 million people increases to 7.5 million in 5 years.If you compare it with the population of modern Japan again, it will be the same as when the population of Japan increases to nearly 1 billion in 500 years. This can never be seen as a natural increase." (http://blog.naver.com/loose.do?Redirect=Log&logNo=140000740028) In conclusion, it can be seen that the population growth in the Japanese archipelago is not due to productivity improvement, but rather due to the (relatively) rapid influx of large populations from outside. -------------------------------- On the side, some say that Japan was a military power in the past over Japan's military presence in Baekje, but I don't think so. (Also, scholars in Japan recently believe that Japan had no power to beat Korea before the sixth century.)Oh) Japan's military service to Baekje was not just sent. Baekje dispatched Dr. Oh Gyeong and others to deliver culture here. In other words, it is a price for the spread of culture, and the characteristics of mercenaries are strong. In short, this is the characteristic of the country exporting mercenaries during the pre-modern period. "There's nothing to sell but people." That is, it means it's a backward country. The representative one is Switzerland in Europe, right? Swiss mercenaries are famous as the strongest soldiers, but the reason why Switzerland sold mercenaries was that there was nothing else to sell but mercenaries in a torn poor country? Even in the Tang Dynasty, most of the soldiers were not wealthy Han Chinese, but were torn apart poor or immigrants whose country collapsed? Therefore, I don't think there would have been anything else to sell, not because of the large population or the strong military that Japan imported and exported. ------------------------------------ Returning to the point, an increase in the population more than an increase in productivity inevitably creates an artificial population limit law, which is a custom called "Maviki." No, it should be called custom, not custom. In Japan, there has been a habit of killing infants and throwing them into rivers and seas to reduce even one bite in families that are difficult to make ends meet. It is said that mainly two to three-year-old girls became the target. It is called Mabiki because it is said to be cut off and killed for the entire family, just like radish or cabbage. Of course, in pre-modern society, there was a custom of abandonment of infants regardless of country or ethnicity. However, in the case of Japan, it can be said that it is severe. In other countries, unlike abandonment of infants when they reached an inevitable point due to famine or war, in Japan, it seems that it happened regardless of the good or bad harvest. Seo Hyun-seop's book titled The Japanese and Eros shows as follows. As the saying goes, "The <bright stone is correct>, it is also a modern version of paralysis that a person who thinks his personality is too strong in light of the organization's physiology cannot escape from the surrounding scriptures and resign himself. In the old days, when we had to live with hyper-muscle blood, there were evil habits such as insides and aberrets, but that seems to have been quite severe in Japan.  In the "Yasohoe Japan Yearbook" published in 1585, a missionary wrote that there are countless infant murders due to the devil's encouragement. Even in Japanese lullaby, there is a word referring to Mabiki. "Jajang, jajang, good night. If you don't sleep, throw it away in the river." Among the lullaby "Jajang, Jajang, Sleep well, If you don't sleep, you'll bury it," "I'll throw it away on the river" and "I'll bury it" are slangs of Mabiki. There have been times when the Japanese population growth has been severely stagnant due to famine, disease, and paralysis. According to the first census conducted in Japan in 1726, the population of 26.55 million increased by only 650,000 to 27.2 million in 1828, 100 years later. In the Meiji era, young mothers who suffered from hardships of living often committed suicide with iron sites that they did not know yet in the east, west, north, and south. Rather than living with the harsh cross of infant murder for life, it would have been a desperate desire to die together." In a Japanese novel called Ambitious Loser, there is also a part about Mabiki. "One is to increase the population. The people do not want to have many children. The third and fourth sons were only rice bugs, and the life was miserable. Therefore, increasing the population did not increase the number of paddy fields. The limitations were clear for mountainous countries such as Bogai, who cleared rice fields. It was inevitable to make ends meet." I think Mabiki was an inevitable choice to guarantee the life of the remaining family even by killing an infant. When a newborn baby was buried in paralysis, people avoided the explicit expression "killed" and matched their will with unique slang such as "returned it," "sent it to the mountain," and "gave it to the fish." Even at the time of investigation in the 1930s, the "Japanese Wild Meat Culture Data Collection" shows that words meaning Mabiki, such as "Higaeri (one-day trip)," "Sent as a disciple of Maitreya Bodhisattva," and "I went clam fishing," are preserved, conveying traditional customs and the reverberation of the heart related to it. Put the newborn baby under your thigh and crush it, or press your nose and mouth to suffocate. This must be the cruelest act of first-class murder, with a powerful adult touching the existence of helpless resistance. However, when this is expressed as if they were sent away to Pian before birth or distant incense such as mountains or rivers, isn't the mysterious impression surrounding people and diluting the indignity of the infant murder? Slangs representing "Maviki" can also be viewed as the result of desperate wisdom of those who have to live by accepting "infant murder" called "Maviki" as inevitable." The Japanese news custom would not have been for health or anything, but a reflection of the inevitable food situation. Therefore, just because the Japanese population is twice that of Joseon, food productivity cannot be said to be twice as well. Korean people's macrophages were originally famous, and I think it can be a proof that they produce a lot of food compared to the population. If you have any other data or counterargument, I would appreciate it if you could add a leaf. Have a nice Friday evening~ 3-line summary. 1. The improvement in productivity of the population of ancient Japan is not entirely natural, but is largely influenced by the influx of external populations. 2. As shown in Mabiki, the food situation in ancient Japan was poor. 3. Due to poor food conditions, even if Japan's population is twice that of Joseon, agricultural productivity may not be twice that of Joseon.