山さん窩か

noun

the Sanka; mountain nomads of Japan

Historical term for groups of itinerant people in mountainous regions of Japan, often associated with river work, hunting, and seasonal movement. The reading さんわ is rare and archaic.

• 山さん窩かはかつて日本にほんの山さん間かん部ぶを移い動どうしながら生せい活かつしていた人ひと々びとを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Sanka is a term that once referred to people who lived while moving through mountainous areas of Japan.

• 民みん俗ぞく学がくの資し料りょうで山さん窩かの習しゅう俗ぞくについて調しらべた。

  I researched the customs of the Sanka in folklore materials.