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Horses in Early Modern Japan

Table 2 Number of Horses in Nihonmatsu Domain in 1857
County Group Horses used Stallions Horses used Horses to ride Total
to carry (borrowed) to carry goods (owned)
goods (leased)
Adachi Shibukawa 127 19 2 110 258
Harimichi 481 48 54 5 588
Obama 180 26 15 32 253
Sugita 135 11 - - 146
Tamai 427 4 1 - 432
Motomiya 588 11 37 7 643
Nukazawa 311 46 47 - 404
Asaka Kōriyama 771 7 1 - 779
Katahira 541 23 72 - 636
Ōtsuki 883 26 25 - 934
Source Adapted from Nukazawa (2010, 81).

Asaka County, the Ōtsuki-gumi raised the most horses, followed by the
Kōriyama-gumi. Using the NAC, we can confirm the change in the num-
ber of horses raised and the population in Shimomoriya and Komaya of
the Ōtsuki-gumi, and Hidenoyama of the Kōriyama-gumi.
At the beginning of the period, no clear relationship was observed
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Figure 9 Population, Households, and Number of Horses (Shimomoriya)

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