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18 Oct 2018

EDO - Owari Kioi districts

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/owari-district-chuo-kioi-chiyoda.html

Owari district Chuo Kioi Chiyoda

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Owarichoo 尾張町 Owaricho district
Chuo, 銀座 Ginza fifth and sixth district

In the Edo period, there lived mostly townspeople and craftsmen in this area.
There were also many cloth and kimono shops, like 布袋屋 Hoteiya, 恵比寿屋 Ebisuya and 亀屋 Kameya.
Some craftsmen make special 雛人形 Hina dolls for the Hina Doll Festival.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu first came to Edo, this area was all sea, a great Inlay until Hibiya.
In 1603, Ieyasu ordered the landfills of this area. The Lord of Owari became the supervisor of the landfill here, hence the name of the area.

江戸名所図会 Edo Meisho Zue

Until 1930, the area belonged to 東京府東京市京橋区 Kyobashi.

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The Owari Domain (尾張藩 Owari han)
was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces.
Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated at 619,500 koku, and was the largest holding of the Tokugawa clan apart from the shogunal lands. The daimyō of Owari was Tokugawa-Owari family, the first in rank among the gosanke 御三家 three Tokugawa families .
The domain was also known as Nagoya Domain (名古屋藩)
The first leader was
Tokugawa Yoshinao (1607–1650), the 9th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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. Owari shi Kannon 尾張四観音 The Four Kannon Temples of Owari .
- Aichi
- They were erected in the auspicious directions to protect the castle on Nagoya from evil influence.

. Owari Shippo 尾張七宝 Enamel art from Aichi .

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Kioichoo 紀尾井町 Kioicho district
千代田区 Chiyoda ward

Kioi is short for
KI Kishu clan 紀州家
O Owari clan 尾州家
I Ii clan 井伊家

The main estate (kami yashiki) of the Tokugawa family estates from 紀州徳川家 Kishu and 尾張徳川家 Owari were located here.
The 中屋敷 "middle estate" of the 井伊家 Ii clan was also located here. In the Edo period, this was mainly the name of the slope 紀尾井坂 Kioizaka.

The remains of these estates are now
Kishu - グランドプリンスホテル赤坂 Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka
Owari - 上智大学 Sophia University
Ii - ホテルニューオータニ Hotel New Otani

Kioizaka slope 紀尾井坂

. Benkeibashi 弁慶橋 Benkeibashi bridge .
The bridge connects to 紀尾井町 Kioicho, the area with the estates of the Kishu Tokugawa, Owari Tokugawa and Ii from Hakone were located.

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Daruma made from the petals of carnations
In 紀尾井町 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo

. hana no ka-petto 花のカーペット flower carpet .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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52 尾張 to explore
07 尾張国 (00)

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. Kioicho no densha 紀尾井町の電車 the train from Kioi village .
and an old fox

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鈴掛の揺るる小春や紀尾井坂
suzukake no yururu koharu ya Kioizaka

坂井建 Sakai Ken

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EDO - Hakozaki district Chuo

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Hakozaki district Chuo

Nihonbashihakozakicho

This district is closely related to the Shrine 富岡八幡宮 Tomioka Hachimangu on the other side of the river 隅田川 Sumidagawa.
And this Hachimangu has close ties to 筑前国筥崎宮 the Shrine Hakozaki no Miya in Chikuzen (now Fukuoka).
In olden times there was a pond named 箱崎池 Hakozaki Ike in this district.

Around 1640 the land was reclaimed along the river Sumidagawa and in the North were 箱崎町一・二丁目 Hakozaki-cho first and second district, in the West 北新堀町 Kita-Niihori-cho.
In 1665 船見番所 a lookout for ships was built and it became the center of the river transportation.

Around 1690, the younger brother of the rich lumber dealer 奈良屋茂左衛門 Naraya Mozaemon (Nara-Mo) named 安左衛門 Yasuemon erected a row of strong fireproof kura yashiki 蔵屋敷 warehouse living quarters.
In 1698, the bridge 永代橋 Eitaibashi was constructed and even more business concentrated here.
In 1740, the Kurayashiki were bought by 三井家 the Mitsui Family.

source and more photos : blog.goo.ne.jp/ryuw-1...
ヤクシ化成箱崎町倉庫。中央区日本橋箱崎町21。
1985（昭和60）年9月29日 - Warehouse Photo from 1985

In 1827, the area of the former samurai residences was called 箱崎町三・四丁目 Hakozaki third and fourth sub -district.

In 1976, 日本橋北新堀町 Kita-Niihori-cho and 日本橋箱崎町 Hakozaki-cho became just one sub-district, the present-day 日本橋箱崎町.

The streets of modern Hakozakicho are lined with office buildings.

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IBM Hakozaki Facility (ＩＢＭ箱崎ビル or 三井倉庫箱崎ビル)
in Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is IBM's largest building in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. It mainly houses IBM's marketing and market support departments, and, since October 2009, headquarters, which moved from Roppongi, Tokyo.
It was built for IBM in 1989.
IBM Hakozaki Facility is located at 19-21 Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on the right bank of the Sumida River. It houses mainly IBM's marketing and systems engineering departments, and is IBM's largest facility in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. Because of the seminars and demonstrations of the latest products and services frequently held there, it is also familiar to many users and potential users of IBM.
Its main building was completed in 1989, designed by Takenaka Corporation, and is owned and leased by Mitsui-Soko, Mitsui Group's warehousing & distribution company. The building complex also houses cafeterias, restaurants, a post office, a bookstore, a gym and a tea ceremony house.
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Tokyo City Air Terminal
at Hakozaki is affectionately called T-CAT.
T-CAT is a gateway to travel to Narita Airport or Haneda Airport for trips and business tours using the limousine bus.
Restaurants and shops in this facility are used by businessmen and local customers as a convenient commercial space.
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Hakozaki matsuri 筥崎祭 Hakozaki festival
Hakozaki hoojoo e 筥崎放生会

Hakozaki Hachimanguu 福岡筥崎八幡宮 Hachimangu Shrine in Fukuoka
September 12 - 18
It is one of the three great festivals in Fukuoka.

Hakozaki Shrine was founded in 923, with the transfer of the spirit of the deity Hachiman from Daibu Hachiman Shrine in what is Honami Commandry, Chikuzen Province in Kyūshū.
The annual Tamaseseri Festival (January 3) and the
Hojoya-e Festival (September 12–18) attract many to visit the shrine.
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In 1281 during the Mongolian invasion, people observed kaburaya 鏑矢 special arrows making a sound, flying to the West (toward the enemy) from
Izashimizu Hachimangu and Hakozaki Hachimangu.

. Hachiman Shrines and their festivals .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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The regular fair at 箱崎町の金毘羅 the Konpira Shrine is held on the 10th day instead of the 9th day, as usual.
This is seen as one of the seven wonders of the area.

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伊達市 Date city - 伊達郡箱崎

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
松五郎 Matsugoro who lived in Hakozaki, Date city, was fond of horses, but when he was 20 years old, he died. He was burried at a place war away from his home.
At that night, the horse he had fondled most, begun to neigh like crazy and run away from the horse shed. The others followed it as it gallopped toward the grave of Matsugoro. There were just in time to find a thief trying to steal things from the grave and they captured him.
This was the way of the horse to show its greatfulness toward Matsugoro.

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. shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ "Misaki of seven people" .
mysterious death of seven people
- 鶴島Tsurushima, 亀島 Kamejima and fishing lore

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三豊郡 Mitoyo district 詫間町 Takuma cho

. the legendary 浦島太郎 Urashima Taro .
They say 浦島太郎 Urashima Taro took off from 箱崎 Hakozaki to reach the Dragon Palace.
There is a port named Hako 箱 (Chest) in Takuma-cho 詫間町.

香川県三豊市詫間町箱-箱浦　Hako-Ura

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箱崎や松のふかみも青あらし
Hakozaki ya matsu no fukami mo ao-arashi

涼菟 Ryoto
from Ise, Yamada, disciple of Matsuo Basho

. ao-arashi 青あらし green summer tempest .

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箱崎一好 Hakozaki Ikko

雪卸すための帰郷にあらねども

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箱崎晴山 Hakozaki Seizan

千山は早くも年木用意かな

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16 Oct 2018

EDO - Hongo district Bunkyo

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/hongo-kikuzaka-kikusaka-district-bunkyo.html

Hongo Kikuzaka Kikusaka district Bunkyo

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Hongoo, Hongō 本郷 Hongo district, "original hometown"
Bunkyo ward

Hongō was a ward of the former city of Tokyo until 1947, when it merged with another ward, Koishikawa, to form the modern Bunkyō ward.

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The University of Tokyo (東京大学, Tōkyō daigaku, abbreviated as Todai (東大, Tōdai), is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano.
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. Hongo and Haiku .

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. Morikawa 森川宿 Morikawa rest station .
- Hongo Kaneyasu かねやす famous store for medicine

. Yushima 本郷湯島 Hongo Yushima .

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Kikuzakachoo, Kikuzakachō 菊坂町 Kikuzakacho, Kikusaka district
Bunkyo, 本郷4、5丁目、 Hongo, fourth and fifth sub-district
菊坂 "chrysanthemum slope"

The name dates back to 1460.
During the Edo period, many farmers growing chrysanthemums in large fields lived on this slope.
There are other slopes near by, 本妙寺坂 Honmyojizaka, 鐙坂 Abumizaka, 梨の木坂 Nashinokizaka . . .

On top of the Kikuzaka slope is
Kikuzakadaichoo　菊坂台町 Kikuzakadai district
In 1628, it was included in the wider area 大縄拝領地.
In 1652, the great fire destroyed most of the area.

In 1682, it came under the jurisdiction of the 町奉行 Machibugyo magistrate of Edo.
A 岡場所 cheap pleasure quarter was established .

Around 1820 there lived more than 288 families in this district.
The estate 道造屋敷 Michizo Yashiki was in this district.

. March 2–3, 1657 - Great Fire of Meireki 明暦の大火 .
振袖火事 Furisode Fire - started maybe at the temple 本妙寺 Honmyo-Ji in this district.

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. Higuchi Ichiyo 樋口一葉 (1872 - 1896) .
novel writer

Former Ichiyo Higuchi Kikuzaka Residence is in Kikuzaka.
The ido 井戸 well she used is still there.

There is also 一葉が通っていた質屋跡 the remains of the pawn shop she frequented.

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夜桜やうらわかき月本郷に
yozakura ya urawakaki tsuki Hongoo ni

night cherry blossoms .
a young moon over
the student's quarter
Tr. Gabi Greve

. 石田波郷 Ishida Hakyo (1913 - 1969) .

菊坂を上り下りして一葉忌
Kikuzaka o nobori-kudari shite Ichiyo ki

walking up and down
the Chrysanthemum slope -
Ichiyo memorial day

池亀恵美子 Ikekame Emiko

菊坂といふ裏町の蒼き冷え
柴田白葉女

菊坂に聴きたる父の喇叭かな
斎藤愼爾

菊坂の路地の奥より七五三
塩谷はつ枝

菊坂や上下隣横隣松藤夏山
夏山句集

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14 Oct 2018

EDO - Persons and place names index

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Persons and Place Names List

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. Anjincho district 安針町 . - Chuo
William Adams (1564 – 1620). Miura Anjin (三浦按針 "the pilot of Miura").

. Asakusa Heiemoncho district 平右衛門町 . - Taito
村田平右衛門守勝　Murata Heiemon Morikatsu, 1616 , from Hamamatsu, coming with Tokugawa Ieyasu

. Azabuichibeicho district 麻布市兵衛町 . - Minato
黒沢市兵衛 Kurozawa Ichibei. Village headman in 1695.

. Dokanyama 道灌山 Mount Dokanyama . .
太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486), builder of the first Edo castle.

. Fuyukicho district 冬木町 . - Koto
In 1705 Fuyukiya Yaheiji became the headman of district. Fuyukiya 冬木屋 was a rich lumber merchant family.

. Honjo-Aioicho district 本所相生町 .
Priest Honinbo Sansa 本因坊算砂 (1612 - 1623), famous master of the Go play.
The teaching of this school of go included:
To improve one's skills as one gets old and studies with its opponents, like a good couple which gets old together.
aioi was written 相老い to get old together.
相生 - to develop skills together

. Horiecho district 堀江町 . - Edogawa
堀江六郎 Horie Rokuro, a local fisherman from Edo.

. Ichigaya Sanaizakacho district 市谷左内坂町 . - Shinjuku
島田左内 Shimada Sanai, village headman around 1620.

. Iida-machi district 飯田町 . - Chiyoda
The village headman 飯田喜兵衛 Iida Kihei.

. Kagacho district 加賀町 . - Chuo
加賀平右衛門 Kaga Heiemon, headman of the district

. Kanda Saekicho district 神田佐柄木町 . - Chiyoda
Saeki Yataroo 佐柄木弥太郎 Saeki Yataro, a togishi 研ぎ師 polisher of swords and blades.

. Kanda Sakumacho district 神田佐久間町 . - Chiyoda
Sakuma Heihachi 佐久間平八, a zaimoku 材木 timber, lumber merchant,

. Kasugacho district 春日町 . - Nerima
Lady Kasuga 春日局 Kasuga no Tsubone ((1579 – 1643), the wet nurse of the third Tokugawa Shogun Iemitsu.

. Kiyosumicho district 清住町 / 清澄町 . - Koto
Kiyosumi Yahē 清住弥兵衛 Kiyosumi Yahei, headman of the area.

. Matsugaecho district松枝町 / 松ヶ枝町 . - Chiyoda
In 大奥 Ōoku, the Women's quarters of the Edo castle lived an Elder Lady named 松ヶ枝 Matsugae.

. Ogawacho district 小川町 . - Musashino
小川九郎兵衛 Ogawa Kurobei (1622 - 1670), headman of the district.

. Otowacho district 音羽町 . - Bunkyo
音羽 Otowa. Retainer of 桂昌院 Keisho-In (1628 - 1705), Mother of Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

. Reiganjima Island 霊巌島 / 霊岸島 . - Chuo
Reigan 霊巌 Priest Reigan (1554 － 1641) - 雄誉霊巌 Yuyo Reigan.

. Saruwakacho district 猿若町 . - Taiko
Saruwaka Kanzaburō　猿若勘三郎（1598 - 1658), founder of Edo Kabuki.

. Shoanmura village 松庵村 . - Suginami
荻野松庵 doctor Ogino Shoan, He died in 1665. He developed the farming area, 松庵新田 Shoan Shinden.

. Sunamura district 砂村　"Sand village" . - Koto
named after its developer, 砂村新四郎　Sunamura Shinshiro, the brother of 砂村新左衛門 Sunamura Shinzaemon (1601 – 1668).

. Tomizawacho district 富沢町 . - Chuo
Tobisawa Jinnai 鳶沢甚内, Samurai from Odawara.

. Yayosugashi district 八代洲河岸 / Yaesu 八重洲 . - Chuo
Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn - ヤン・ヨーステンファン・ローデンスタイン (1557 - 1623) / 耶揚子.

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

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13 Oct 2018

EDO - Hamamatsu district Minato

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Hamamatsu district Minato

In the Keicho period (around 1600), the headman of the district was 奥住久右衛門 Okuzumi Kyuemon, who was also the Daikan magistrate at temple 芝増上寺の代官 Shiba Zojo-Ji.
The area was called 久右衛門町 Kyuemon cho district.

In 1696, 権兵衛 Gonbei from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka became headman and the district was named after him,
芝浜松町 Shiba-Hamamtasu cho district, with four sub-districts.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo castle in 1590, this district developed greatly and in 1598, Ieyasu had his family temple built there, 増上寺 Zojo-Ji.

. Zōjō-Ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji and the Shiba port district .

Many Daimyo regents built their estates in this area to be close to the Shogun.

Now Hamamatsu-cho is a business and commercial district south of Shinbashi, with views of Odaiba and the Rainbow Bridge.

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There is a statue of the Manneken Pis at Hamamatsucho Station, which is dressed in various costumes at different seasons.

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世界貿易センタービル World Trade Center Building
2 Chome-4-1 Hamamatsuchō, Minato-ku, Tōkyō

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... a 40-story commercial skyscraper located in Hamamatsuchō.
Completed in 1970, the building is one of Japan's earliest skyscrapers. Upon its completion, the 163-meter-tall WTC Building took the title of Japan's tallest skyscraper from the Kasumigaseki Building; it retained this title until Keio Plaza Hotel's North Tower was completed one year later.
The building is home to World Trade Center Tokyo, a member of the World Trade Centers Association. It is primarily used for office space, but it also includes retail stores and restaurants. The building's top floor is a visitor observatory. The building is connected to the Toei Subways's Daimon Station and Hamamatsuchō Station, which is serviced by two JR East lines and the Tokyo Monorail.
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Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden (旧芝離宮恩賜庭園)
also known as Kyū Shiba Rikyū Onshi Teien ("Former Shiba Villa Garden")
is a public garden and former imperial garden in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The garden is one of two surviving Edo period clan gardens in modern Tokyo, Japan, the other being Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden in Koishikawa, Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kyū Shiba Rikyū is often regarded as the most beautifully designed garden in Tokyo, and was once called the "most beautiful" scene in Japan.[
..... The site of the Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden was originally part of Tokyo Bay.
The land was reclaimed between 1655 and 1658. In 1678 the site was used for the official samurai style residence of Ōkubo Tadamoto (1604–1670), member of the Ōkubo clan and an official of the Tokugawa shogunate. The residence garden was designed by garden designers from the Odawara Domain, until 1614 under the rule of Daimyōs from the Ōkubo clan. The garden was then known as Rakujuen. At that time, the garden included a beach to Tokyo Bay, however, as Tokyo expanded the sea next to the garden was reclaimed, and there is no connection to the ocean anymore. A remaining ocean water inlet is not used.
..... The garden has an area of 43,070.53 m2. There is a circular path around the central pond Sensui (9,000 m2), which is the focus of the garden. Originally this was a salt water pond, however, as the land around was reclaimed the pond was converted to freshwater. The pond includes four islands, the central Nakajima and the smaller Ukishima, Oshima, and Yukimi-toro. Two bridges allow crossing of the pond via the larger island Nakajima. Oshima is close to the shore and can also be crossed. The inspiration for the pond originates from West Lake in Hangzhou, and the rocks on the central island represent the mountains of West Lake. One corner of the pond includes a sandy beach area named Suhama, although swimming is not recommended.
The highest point of the park is the Oyama hill, from which a dry waterfall made from stone named Karetaki flows. A stone lantern provides supposedly a good spot for snow viewing, although Tokyo rarely gets snow nowadays. Notable is also the wisteria trellis in the picnic area, especially when the wisteria blooms at the beginning of May.
Besides the garden office there is also a Japanese Archeryrange and a children's playground. The garden is surrounded by High-rise buildings and Skyscrapers. ...
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Hamamatsu (浜松市 Hamamatsu-shi, lit. "Coast Pine Tree")
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture.
..... During the Sengoku period, Hamamatsu Castle was the home of future shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hamamatsu flourished during the Edo period under a succession of Daimyō rulers as a castle town, and as a post town on the Tōkaidō. .....
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. Shiba (芝) is a district of Minato ward .
Tokyo, Japan, located near Hamamatsucho and Tamachi Stations on the Yamanote Line and Mita Station on the Toei Mita Line.
Shiba was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, consisting of a number of districts including Hamamatsucho, Mita, Shiba, Shinbashi, Shirokane, Takanawa and Toranomon.

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. Shinryuuji 幸龍寺 Shinryu-Ji .
The temple was originally built as a prayer hall for the Tokugawa family. It moved within Edo from Hamamatsu, Suruga, Yushima then Asakusa. It was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Its relocation to Karasuyama began in 1927 and was completed in 1940.

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10 Oct 2018

HEIAN - Yamanokami legends Miyagi

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2017/08/yamanokami-regional-19-miyagi.html

Yamanokami Regional 19 Miyagi

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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
. Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami - Introduction .
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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Miyagi 宮城県

. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

Yamanokami Sha 山神社（やまのかみしゃ）Shrine
宮城県遠田郡美里町 Toda district, Misato town, Kogota
Kogota (小牛田町 Kogota-chō) was a town located in Tōda District, Miyagi
the Yamanokami Shrine and various ancient burial mounds dating from before 250BC.

山神社は、崇徳天皇の御代である永治元年（1141年）、摂津国の住人で、現宮司家の祖先である小山田清寧 Oyamada Kiyoyasu が家の守り神として勧請したのが始まりだと伝えられている。その後、清寧の後裔である浄円が元亀2年（1571年）に神璽（神体）を奉じて、陸奥国遠田郡小牛田旧屋敷にやってきて移り住み、天正3年（1575年）には祠を建てて神体を鎮め祀ったという。
寛文2年（1662年）、仙台藩により小牛田駅が造られ、南小牛田村の町割りが行われた際に旧屋敷地区から近くの南小牛田町屋敷地区に間口九間・奥行四間の社殿が造営され、そこに遷座した。 ...
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akakura no yamanokami 赤倉の山の神　Yamanokami from Mount Akakura
Once a woman was happy to announce to the ancestors that she had brought up her children and went to worship at Mount Akakura. But there she was possesed by Yamanokami.

. Mountains named Akakura .

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heso no o へその緒 umbilical cord
After giving birth, a woman gets an amulet from Yamanokami and some hemp rope to wrap around the umbilical cord. Together with the name and date of birth she puts it in a bag and keeps it.
When the person thus born dies, this bag is placed into the coffin (in the Matsushima and Sendai region).

. heso no o へその緒と伝説 Legends about the umbilical cord .

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. Tengu no kamikakushi 天狗と神かくし / カミカクシ abduction .
If a child gets lost and does not come home any more, people of old thought it was taken away by a Tengu or Yamanokami.
So they took bells and gongs and went to the mountain forest to search.
Once a child got lost while playing "hide and seek" till late in the evening and thought it was taken away by Yamanokami !

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makura 枕 pillow
As a wish for a save birth, a woman has to go to 塩釜神社 Shiogama Jinja Shrine and to the shrine for Yamanokami and get a pillow from each one. After a safe birth, she brings back the pillows.
The pillow is usually kept at the kamidana 神棚 shelf of the Gods.
During birth, it is kept near the pillow of the woman. Very seldom it may be borrowed to a woman in the neighbourhood who does not have one.

. kamidana 神棚　household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .

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. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
okasane mochi オカサネ餅 piled-up rice cakes
A decoration for the New Year. After offering them to Yamanokami, they are eaten by the family members.
If they have cracks, the weather in the coming year will be fine.
If they have no cracks, there will be a lot of rain in the coming year.

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osaidogiyaki オサイドギヤキ burning the offerings
On the evening of the 15th day of the first lunar month, the offerings for Yamanokami were burned at the entrance of the home.
If all the offerings of soybean shells and straw burned down, the coming year would bring a good harvest.
If some parts remained, there would be a rather bad harvest.

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Takebera Taro 竹箆太郎 Shippei Taro

. The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro 霊犬早太郎伝説 .
Nagano, Kozen-Ji Temple : Legend of 岩見重太郎 Iwami Jutaro (Kanesuke Susukita) and Shippeitaro (Hayataro)

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yamairi no kinki 山入りの禁忌 taboos about going to the mountain
On the 12th day of the second lunar month was 山の神の祭日 the Festival of Yamanokami and nobody was allowed to go into the mountain forest.
But one day a young fellow went to the forest to cut down a tree. On a huge boulder deep down the river walley he saw a half-naked woman with long black hair. When he called at her, she gave him a strange look. He fled in a hurry, but later became ill and died soon after.
This woman was Yamanokami.

... matagi no kinki マタギの禁忌 taboos for bear hunters
If the wife of a hunter had given birth, her husband should not go to the mountain for 27 days, because Yamanokami dislikes 穢れ unclean things.
Others say they had to stay out of the mountain forest until the seventh night was over.
If a hunter would go anyway, he did not find any animal to shoot. Others would loose their way and not come home.
Another hunter was found having committed suicide in the forest . . . and more strange tales are told.

. matagi 又鬼 - マタギと伝説 Legends about bear hunters .

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伊具郡 Igu district 丸森町 Marumori

. Sanno Iwaya 山王岩屋，Sarutobi 猿跳 Monkeys Jumping .
山王権現 Sanno Gongen and 安倍貞任 Abe no Sadato
阿武隈川峡谷 the gorge of river Abukuma

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刈田郡 Katta district 七ヶ宿町 Shichikashuku

. zaimoku iwa, zaimoku-iwa 材木岩 Timber Rocks .
and the river 白石川 Shiroishigawa,

. Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Zaimoku-Iwa .
at Gifu 岐阜県, 上宝村 Kamitakaramura, 双六 Sugoroku

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栗原郡 Kurihara district

Yamanokami does not like the love song サンサシグレ "sansa shigure" , which is song for various rituals.
Forest workers are not allowed to hum the melody while working.
Hunters are not allowed to use the word MONKEY while they are in the moutains.

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栗原郡 Kurihara district 花山村 Hanayama village
花山村御嶽山（石楠花山）The mountain is also called Shakunage Yama.
Ontake Jinja, Miyagi 御嶽神社 with Shakunage fields.
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御嶽山の神 Ontakesan no Kami / Mitakeyama no Kami
Mount Ontake / Mitake in Miyagi is only 472 m higｈ.
During the season the whole moutain seems covered with rhododendron, Shakunage.
If someone comes to pick the flowers, the weather will turn bad, because Yamanokami, who loves these flowers, becomes angry.

. shakunage 石南花 rhododendron .

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黒川郡 Kurokawa district 大和町 Taiwa

tomeyama 止め山 "rest of the mountain"
On the 12th day of the 10th lunar month, villagers observe a day of "Rest of the Mountain", when Yamanokami goes back to the mountain.
This day and the 12th day of the second lunar month are the days when Yamanokami walks in the mountains.
People who do forest work on these days will get some heavenly punishment.

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仙台市 Sendai city 太白区 Taihaku

. 万二万三郎 The Brothers Banji and Banzaburo .

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Taihakuyama no Kami 太白山の神 Yamanokami from Mount Taihaku
udo 独活 Japanese Spikenard
Since Yamanokami lost her eye when trying to get some spikenard, the villagers at the foot of the mountain never grow or eat this vegetable.
. udo 独活 Japanese Spikenard, Aralia cordata, .

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登米郡 Tome district

. hibashira 火柱と伝説 Legends about a pillar of fire .
On the 12th day of each month, the Day of Yamanokami, people are not allowed to go into the forest.
People make a pillar of fire. If someone is hit by a pillar of fire, his home will have a fire.
That is the curse of sakasabashira 逆さ柱 the upside-down pillar.

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6 Oct 2018

EDO - Mamiana district Minato

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/mamiana-district-azabu-minato.html

Mamiana district, Azabu, Minato

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In the Azabu district, 猯（まみ=アナグマ anaguma） MAMI is the name of a common animal, the

. anaguma アナグマ（あなぐま/ 狸） badger. Meles meles, Dachs .

猯, (まみ）Mami / mami 魔魅 "deceiving spirit"
mujina 狢（むじな） badger // mamidanuki まみだぬき // sasaguma ささぐま //
anahori あなほり "the one making holes"

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Mujina (貉) is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger.
In some regions the term refers instead to the raccoon dog (also called tanuki) or to introduced civets. Adding to the confusion, in some regions badger-like animals are also known as mami, and in one part of Tochigi Prefecture badgers are referred to as tanuki and raccoon dogs are referred to as mujina.
..... In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the raccoon dog, badgers are frequently depicted as yōkai that shapeshift and deceive humans.
These badger demons (mujina) often take the form of an attractive woman with a promiscuous nature, usually causing mischief in their partners lives. They are first seen in literature in the Nihon Shoki in the part about Empress Suiko's 35th year (627), where it states,
"in the second month of spring, there are mujina in the country of Mutsu (春2月、陸奥国に狢有り), they turn into humans and sing songs (人となりて歌う)"
demonstrating that, in that era, there was the general idea that mujina shapeshift and deceive humans.
In the Shimōsa region, they are called kabukiri-kozō (かぶきり小僧), and they would shapeshift into a kozō (little monk) wearing a strangely short kimono with a kappa-like bobbed head, and frequently appear on roads at night without many people and say, "drink water, drink tea (水飲め、茶を飲め)."
The story in Lafcadio Hearn kaidan collections called "Mujina" about the witnessing of a faceless ghost (a noppera-bō) is also well-known.
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In this district in Azabu, there lived quite a lot of bagders, digging holes in the ground, hence the name.
At the end of the slope 狸穴坂 (麻布狸穴町) Mamianazaka, Mamiana-zaka there was a large hole.
In 1644, the Shogun 徳川家光 Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered a group of men to observe this hole and write a record about it.
At the top of the slope was a plain where many Samurai estates were located.
At the bottom of the slope the townspeople lived.

Nowadays, the embassy of Russia and Namibia are located at the Mamianazaka.

In the Edo period, it was part of the 豊島郡 Toshima district of 飯倉町 Iigura, later called
飯倉狸穴町 Iigura Mamiana cho.

Around 1874, the Marine built an observatory here, then relocated to 麻布台2丁目 Azabudai second sub-district.

At the bottom of the slope three was a 蕎麦屋 Soba shop called Tanuki Soba 狸蕎麦（作兵衛蕎麦 Sakubei Soba), which featured rather dark Soba buckwheat noodles.
In the Edo period, badgers from this area came to live and dig their holes in 徳川の大奥 the harem of Edo castle. A man named 内田正九郎 Uchida Shokuro was ordered to get rid of them. The souls of the badgers are now venerated at Sakubei Soba and he called his food "Tanuki Soba".

. soba 蕎麦 buckwheat - plant and and food .

狸穴坂 (麻布狸穴町) Mamianazaka, Mamiana-zaka

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In 1962, many of the old names of Minato ward were dismissed.
1978, 麻布狸穴町 Mamiana and 麻布永坂町 Azabu Nagasaka were still used, because the people living here insisted on keeping an old tradition.

- source: wikipedia
麻布新旧町名対照 old and new district names of Azabu

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. Azabu Nana Fushigi 麻布七不思議 Seen wonders of Azabu .
mamiana no kodoo 狸穴(まみあな)の古洞 the old hole of Mamiana

東京名所図会「狸穴坂の景」

狸穴（まみあな）の古洞
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Mamiana kooen　狸穴公園 Mamiana Park
63 Azabumamianacho, Minato

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29 Sept 2018

EDO - Ondenmura onden district

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/08/onden-mura-village-shibuya.html

Onden mura village Shibuya

This name existed before the Edo period.
The region to the South-West of central Edo was a rice farming area, where waterwheels had been built in the late Edo period.
The river flowing to this region was the 穏田川 Ondengawa (further down called 渋谷川 Shibuyagawa).
Most of the Shibuyagawa area was a swamp and the villagers had to drain it first. Along the river they could then transport the grains.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu came to Edo, he gave this area to　the people from 伊賀 Iga.
Around 1820, it came under the jurisdiction of the Edo Bakufu government, but remained a farming district.

穏田川 Ondengawa

To the East were estates of Samurai like 浅野光晟 Asano Mitsuakira 安芸守 Aki no Kami (1617 - 1693), 戸田忠時 Toda Tadatoki (1637 - 1712), 水野忠政 Mizuno Tadamasa (1493 - 1543) and others.
After the Meiji restoration, many military personnel and generals came to live here.

Around 1909, with the rapid modernization, the rice fields disappeared and the busy town spread to this area.
Prior to 1965, Onden, referred to the low-lying area close to Meiji Street and the Shibuya River.

The name ONDEN disappeared from the official names in 1965, but remained in
穏田商店会 Onden Shoten Kai Shopping Group
神宮前穏田区民会館 Jingu-mae Onden Kumin Kaikan Hall and others.

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Onden Jinja 穏田神社(穩田神社) Onden Shrine
5 Chome-26-６ Jingumae, Shibuya

Built as a protector Shrine for the Onden area.
The main festival is on the 9th of September.

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淤母陀琉神（おもたるみのかみ）Omotarumi (Omodarumi) no Kami
阿夜訶志古泥神（あやかしこねのかみ）Aya Kashikone no Kami
櫛御倉野神（くしみけぬのかみ）Kushimikenu no Kami

- HP of the Shrine
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. kawa 江戸の川 -- 江戸の河 the rivers of Edo .

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The Shibuya River (渋谷川 Shibuya-gawa)
is a river which flows through central Tokyo, Japan.
The river is 2.6 km in length originating close to Shibuya Station and passing through Shibuya and Minato wards before merging with the Furu River near Hiroo and flowing into Tokyo Bay near Shiba Koen park.
The Shibuya River banks are predominantly unlandscaped; the major tributary of the river, the Onden River, originates in Sendagaya and passes largely unnoticed directly under Cat Street in the heart of Ura-Harajuku. The Onden River merges with the Uda River in central Shibuya forming the Shibuya River which then flows directly under Shibuya Station as a covered concrete drain.
Redevelopment plans for Shibuya Station include the prospect of a more accessible Shibuya River with landscaping and pedestrian access.
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Ondengawa　隠田川 River Onden
The Onden River merges with the Uda River in central Shibuya, forming the Shibuya River which then flows directly under Shibuya.

Onden no suisha 隠田の水車 Watermill at Onden
葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai

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