Dogenzaka slope Shibuya

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Doogenzaka, Dōgenzaka 道玄坂 Dogenzaka slope
渋谷区道玄坂 (道元坂) Shibuya ward, Dogenzaka
(The name refers to the district and to the one slope with its name.)

Named after 大和田太郎道玄 Owada Taro Dogen.
During the Kamakura period the 和田 Wada clan held power here. They were threatened by the Hojo clan and came to live here secretly.
和田義盛 Wada Yoshimori i (1147 – 1213) - see below
Owada Dogen was a descendant of Yoshimori, and lived in a temple called 道玄庵 Dogen An (道玄寺 Dogendera) on this slope.
He was more like mountain bandit than a Samurai. He used to climb on a high pine tree and watch the road. When he saw a suitable traveler, he signaled to his retainers and they stopped the traveler, taking his money.
The tree was called 道玄松 Dogen Matsu.
Later in his life he became a monk and lived in the temple Dogendera.

The name Dogen can be written 道玄 or 道元.
The slope is on the Western side of the valley of the river Shibuyagawa.

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和田義盛 Wada Yoshimori (1147 – 1213)

an early Kamakura period military commander.
A gokenin retainer of the Kamakura shogunate, he was the first director (bettō) of the Samurai-dokoro.
He was the son of Miura Yoshiaki and grandson of Sugimoto Yoshimune, making him a descendant of the Heike. Among his sons were Wada Yoshinao, Asahina Yoshihide, and Wada Yoshishige. He also had a nephew, Wada Tanenaga.
Yoshimori "was attached to Noriyori as his samurai daisho (general of soldiers)." He fought in the battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184).
He also fought in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, where he engaged Chikakiyo of Iyo in an archery duel.
Later, he participated in the campaign against Kiso Yoshinaka (1184) and Fujiwara Yasuhira (1189).
Like many others,
he and his family became victims of the struggle for power that followed the death of the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. Tension had been growing between the Hōjō Regents and Wada, and open war started when Wada Yoshinao, Wada Yoshishige and Wada Tanenaga were accused of conspiracy and arrested.
Yoshimori, who was in Kazusa, returned to Kamakura and managed to free his two sons. Tanenaga was however detained and exiled to Mutsu province. War ensued (the so-called Wada Gassen (和田合戦)) and in 1213 he was defeated and killed together with his family.
The Wada are traditionally supposed to be buried in the Wadazuka Mound in Kamakura, however this is only an unproven theory born after excavations in situ during the Meiji period.
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江戸名所図会 Edo Meisho Zue

Coming down from the Fujimizaka slope there was the river Shibuyagawa. Crossing the bridge on the other side was a swamp with many reeds. Passing this swamp, there was Dogenzaka. The road in former times had many bends and turns.
At that time, it was part of 大山道 the pilgrim road to Mount Oyama.
You can see the Dogen Matsu pine tree in the front right.

Modern-day Dogenzaka is a place with busy nightlife, eateries, bars, Karaoke entertainment and all kinds of shops.
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Shibuya109 - SHIBUYA109
2 Chome-29-1 Dogenzaka
Coming from the station of Shibuya, Dogenzaka is the slope to the left of the modern building Shibuya 109.

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109 (Ichi-maru-kyū) is a department store in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The store is operated by Tokyu Malls Development (TMD), a subsidiary of the Tokyu Group.
History and description
The building, located just across the street from Shibuya Station, opened in April 1979. The architect was Minoru Takeyama. Tokyu, the building's operator, designed the building as a "Fashion Community" containing small retail stores targeting the early-30s female consumer. Tokyu intended the store to compete with Seibu Department Stores, which was making inroads into the Shibuya area.
The name of the building, 109, is a form of word play (goroawase,
specifically numerical substitution) and is taken from the Japanese characters tō (meaning 10) and kyū (9) as in Tōkyū.
The interior of the building is designed to move shoppers in a loop on each floor from the elevators past various shops. A movie theater was originally planned for the top floor, but the fire department would not grant approval due to emergency-evacuation routes not meeting appropriate standards. Although originally targeted at women in their 30s, the building later became more known as a sanctuary for young women from the gyaru subculture.

109 briefly had its own emoji, which still shows up on Twitter.
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. Bunkamura 文化村　"culture village" .
2 Chome-24-１ Dogenzaka, Shibuya
including a concert hall, museum and theater.

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道玄坂地蔵尊 Dogenzaka Jizo statue

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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hitokui matsu 人喰松 "man-eating pine"
At the 渋谷道玄坂 Dogenzaka slope in Shibuya there is a pine tree with this name.
During the restructuring of modern Tokyo, this tree had to be moved. Two sisters living in Setagaya were very pious, chanting the 法華経 Hokekyo Sutra and got a message from the Deity.
In former times something bad had been buried under the roots of this tree and cursed the people. When they eventually dug below the roots, they found the bones of a hebi 蛇 serpent. During the recital of the Sutra, the serpent turned all white and made its way up into the heaven.

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メーデー歌道玄坂にかかりけり
meedii ka doogenzaka ni kakarikeri

May-day songs
come down from the
Dogenzaka slope
Tr. Gabi Greve

中谷五秋 Nakatani Goshu

道玄坂さんま出るころの夕空ぞ
久米正雄

雛の日や道玄坂の黄なる空
角川源義

冬将軍道玄坂を転げ来し
加藤静江

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7/19/2018

Dogenzaka slope Shibuya

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