... use of demographic data obtained from the shūmon-aratame-chō (religious investigation registers), the hypotheses that the standard of living was rising and that the Japanese were controlling population were tested for Fujito village of Okayama. The population increased from 596 to 694 between 1775...

... of "years at risk" vital to any mortality measure. Their approach also produces samples too small to yield reliable mortality data; this could be corrected by merging all their data for the village of Fujito into a single life table (data from their other villages are apparently too meager...

... of living was rising and that the Japanese were controlling population were tested for Fujito village of Okayama. The population increased from 596 to 694 between 1775 1863. In the 1820's, with rapid economic growth in the form of land reclamation and the increased adoption of farm by-employments...

.... The following texts are read in whole or part during the third year: Kojiki, Man'yoshu, Taketori monogatari, Kokinshu, Genji monogatari, Tosa nikki, Makura no soshi Konjaku monogatari, Heike monogatari, Hojoki, Tsurezuregusa, Taiheiki, yokyoku (Swnidagawa, Ataka, Fujito), kyogen, Tsukubashu. The fourth year...