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The primary sources shows that the participants are 98 men, all the vassals of fifty years old and under. They were divided into dozens of groups, each group included 6 or 7 men. All member within a group started to run at the same time. The order of arrival of each groups were recorded. TÅashi event
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The recorder was the shinÅ priest of Kumano Gongen shrine at Usui Pass. In the first day, the recorder was late for the estimated arrival time of samurais because he who took the designation as the recorder by Lord
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Samurai who arrived at the goal dedicated the early-ripening of rice plant to the deity of the shrine, and were given dried radish strips, seasoned cucumbers, rice cakes and tea. Itabashi 2017 assumes giving rice cakes have symbolic meaning that they provide strength to donatory. When the
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The manuscripts comprises a rule book and a book that records the order of arrival. The manuscripts have been typed and studied by historians, and are preserved in the institute for the compilation of historical material of Annaka City.
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participants returns their home, it was not needed for them to run. However, they were not allowed to ride in sedan chair nor ride on horseback. They had to walk.
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After discovering the primary sources, the event written in it came to be known, and the name Ansei TÅashi was coined. The historical fact that a kind of
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