Talk:Kichimura Washuu/@comment-91.19.98.193-20150802221748/@comment-24494906-20150810140715

I think we can state that Furuta appeared in chapter 117. If you squinch a bit, then you can read the chapter title as "Furuta". 乾田 -> 乾る田 -> Furuta. But "乾る"=furu is a really ancient reading.

Speaking of which I only found out about this ancient reading because of 塩乾珠 = "Shiofurutama". And there's a legend associated with it where "dry paddies" are mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide_jewels#Kojiki (the "high fields" are "dry paddies"). Is that a coincidence?