6/25/2018

Kakinokizaka Meguro

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Kakinokizaka 柿の木坂 / 柿ノ木坂 / 柿木坂 Kakinoki slope district
"Slope of the Persimmon Tree"
目黒区 柿の木坂一丁目から三丁目 Meguro ward, Kakinokizaka first to third district, 八雲一丁目 Yakumo first district
This is a very small district.



. kaki no ki 柿の木 persimmon tree .

Coming from Shinagawa ward, this slope goes down to the 権之助坂 Gonnosukezaka toward the river 目黒川 Megurogawa and then connects to the 金毘羅坂 Konpirazaka.
Its end point is near the station Toritsu Daigaku Eki 都立大学駅.


- photo : wikipedia -

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地名としての柿の木坂は、坂の北西一帯の地域である。全体は、北西 - 南東方向にやや細長い三角形をしており、北西から南東に呑川柿の木坂支流が縦貫している。南東辺を目黒通り、北東辺を環七通り、西辺を柿の木坂通り(区道)が通っており、柿の木坂二丁目と柿の木坂三丁目の間を東西に駒沢通りが通っている。
- source : wikipedia

The name of this district was created in 1932, when Meguro ward was created.
From the South-eastern part it has three sub-districts, 柿の木坂一丁目、柿の木坂二丁目、柿の木坂三丁目.

In former times, this part was called
Fusuma mura 衾村 Fusuma village
and belonged to the estate of the 吉良氏 Kira clan in Setagaya. Along the river 呑川 Nomigawa there was farm land.
When Tokugawa Ieyasu came to Edo, this district was given to the temple Zōjō-ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji
Since that time there was a slope called Kakinokizaka. At the beginning of the slope there was a huge persimmon tree, hence the name.

Another story about the name 
tells of farmers, who had to pull up their carts on this steep slope. The children living nearby helped them and got a little pocket money for their effort. They also often managed to pick out (nuki) some persimmons (kaki) from the luggage - hence the name
kaki nuki saka 柿抜き坂 slope of stealing persimmons.





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Meguro paashimon hooru めぐろパーシモンホール Meguro Persimmon Hall
1 Chome-1-1 Yakumo, 目黒区 Meguro ward



Concert Hall


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Kakinokizaka no Ie 柿の木坂の家 The House at Kakinokizaka



famous song by 青木光一 Aoki Koichi
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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南木曽町 Minami-Kiso town

tanuki たぬき badger
This Tanuki lived just below the Kakinokizaka slope and often came out to trick people.
If someone passes the slope in the evening, there might be the sound of cutting a tree and then a tree fallilng down - but next morning nothing has changed.
Sometimes there is the feeling of a wind licking the face of a farmer - and looking down there might be a Tanuki.


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柿の木坂雑唱 Kakinokizaka zassho poetry collection
by 安住敦 Azumi Atsushi (1907 - 1988)


and the follow-up
柿の木坂雑唱以後



父の日といふ日がありて子が訪ひ来
Chichi no hi to iu hi ga arite ko ga asobi ki

a day named
Father's day -
children come visiting

Tr. Gabi Greve


死はある日忽然と来よ傘雨の忌

梅雨の家子連狼来て荒す

こどもの日の家族旅行に加はらず

ががんぼにいつもぶつかる壁ありけり

章魚食つて路通はその忌知れずなり

- more haiku by Azumi Atsushi -

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