John Lindsey
10-25-2000, 12:56 PM
As all of you know, rice is cultivated in "ta" (a rice paddy).
The shape of kanji "ta" expresses an actual rice paddy.
There are many Japanese family names which have kanji "ta", for
example, "Yoshi-da", "Ashi-da", "Ike-da", "Ta-naka", "Fuku-da" and
"Ha-ta" among the successive Prime Ministers after after World War II.
Various family names consisted of kanji "ta" may demonstrate how many
people were engaged in rice farming in ancient times.
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The shape of kanji "ta" expresses an actual rice paddy.
There are many Japanese family names which have kanji "ta", for
example, "Yoshi-da", "Ashi-da", "Ike-da", "Ta-naka", "Fuku-da" and
"Ha-ta" among the successive Prime Ministers after after World War II.
Various family names consisted of kanji "ta" may demonstrate how many
people were engaged in rice farming in ancient times.
This message was posted with permission from the Nippon Culture mail list. Shingai san runs the mail list and is not a member of e-budo. Visit: http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~planet/index.html for information on the list