Magome district Ota

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Magome 馬込 Magome district, Ota ward
大田区, Magome 馬込 / 北馬込 Kita, 南馬込 Minami, 東馬込 Higashi, 西馬込 Nishi, 中馬込 Naka-Magome、
Magome-machi, Magomemachi 馬込町

Magome station map

ma 馬 horse // .. gome (komi) 込 bring in, include -- groups of horses
This was an important area where horsed of the Samurai were kept.

Magome is in the North of Ota ward.

In 1889 the village was named 馬込村 Magomemura, Magome-mura, together with part of 池上村 Ikegami-mura.
In 1928, Magomemura was re-named 馬込町 Magomemachi.
In 1932, Magomemachi became part of 大森区 Omori ward.
In 1947, Magomemachi: Kamata and Omori became one ward and Magome became part of Ota ward.

Magome was part of the land belonging to the temple Zoojooji, Zōjō-ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji.
This temple has a strong relation to the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Kita-Magome
北馬込一丁目 - 北馬込二丁目 from the first to the second sub-district

Minami-Magome
南馬込一丁目 - 南馬込六丁目 from the first to the sixth sub-district
- History
A retainer of the Hojo clan of Odawara, 梶原助五郎 Kajiwara Sukegoro, was awarded the area and built the Magome castle 馬込城.

Near the castle was a temple named 萬福禅寺 - 萬福寺　- 万福寺 Manpuku-Ji, with the graves of the Kajiwara clan. There are many items found related to keeping horses from the Sengoku Period in the fifth sub-district.

Higashi-Magome
東馬込一丁目 - 東馬込二丁目 from the first to the second sub-district

Nishi-Magome
西馬込一丁目 - 西馬込二丁目 from the first to the second sub-district
- History
Photos from 1947 show that West-Magome was a large area of fields. Many remain to our day.
It became famous for its vegetables and later マゴメテニスクラブのテニスコート Magome tennis courts were established.

Naka-Magome
中馬込一丁目 - 中馬込三丁目 from the first to the third sub-district

- Other districts related to horses in Edo
. Komagome 駒込 Komagome districts "groups of horses, crowds of horses" .
There are two districts with this name, one in 文京区 Bunkyo ward and one in nearby 豊島区 Toshima ward.

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Manpukuji 萬福禅寺 - 萬福寺　- 万福寺 Manpuku-Ji Zen Temple
1 Chome-49-1 Minamimagome, Ōta

The temple is famous for the Haiku memorial stone of Muro Saisei, see below.

The temple is already mentioned in the 江戸時代名所図絵 Edo Meisho Zue.
The three main statues are Amida Nyorai, Kannon Bosatsu, Seishi Bosatsu.
The temple was built by 梶原景時 Kajiwara Kagetoki (?1140 - 1200).
Kagetoki was a spy for Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei War, and a warrior against the Taira clan. He came to be known for his greed and treachery.
- - - More about Kagetoki in the WIKIPEDIA !
The temple burned down in 1320 and fell in despair. In 1575, it ws re-built as a Zen temple by 明堂文龍大和尚 high priest Meido Bunryu.
In 1606, after the death of members of the Kajiwara clan it fell in despair again.

- HP of the temple 曹洞宗萬福寺
- reference source : manpukuji.or.jp... -

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Magome no tsuki 馬込の月　Moon at Magome

Kawase Hasui　川瀬巴水 (1883 – 1957)
. Tokyo Niju Kei 東京二十景 Twenty Views of Tokyo .

Magome no sanbon matsu 馬込の三本松 three pine trees at Magome
at 北馬込二丁目 Kita-Magome second sub-district

They date back to the Muromachi period and lived more than 600 years. Pilgrims to the Ise Shrine passed here on their way back, planted the trees and used it as a prayer place to express their gratitude for a safe trip.
The three trees were lost in the early Showa period, but names of shops and a bus station in the area still remind of them.

photo from 1940.

In this area there used to be many pine trees, called the Pine Field of Magome village 馬込村松原 Magome mura Matsubara.

There used to be a mound, Sanbonmatsu-zuka 三本松塚, thought to be a Kofun mound, in the compound of the
Shrine 天祖神社 Tenso Jinja. a shrine also refered to as 伊勢宮 Ise Shrine.
2 Chome-28-１４ Kitamagome, Ōta.
It was the protector shrine of the valleys of Kita-Magome, 北久保 Kitakubo, 松原 Matsubara and 堂寺 Dotera.

Further research in 1992 found that the moat was not a Kofun after all.

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Magome Writers’ Village (馬込文士村　Magome Bunshimura)

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In the early 1900s, the area of Magome in Ota Ward attracted a number of Japan’s top writers and artists. Novelists, sculptors and calligraphers all moved to the quiet countryside outside the capital to practice their crafts in a supportive community. Today, their cultural contributions are remembered in a comprehensive walking trail around the area known as the Magome Writers’ Village.
A mural just outside Omori Station
depicting the faces of the Magome writers marks the eastern end of the walking trail. Much of the route is highlighted simply by plaques detailing individual writers or artists and their connection to a particular spot in the ward. However, several extant structures allow a more intimate glimpse into the lives of these cultural giants of the Taisho and Showa Periods. Visit the peaceful grounds of the home of Ozaki Shiro, a driving force in the local writer’s community. Nearby, a detailed exhibit showcases the life and works of newspaper founder Tokutomi Soho. Along the southern end of the route, samples of the art of calligrapher Kumagai Tsuneko fill the rooms of her tiny home.
The Ota Folk Museum
sits at the midpoint of the route and offers a detailed look at not only the resident writers and their works but also the geography, culture and prehistory of the surrounding area. While exhibits are signed in Japanese only, an English pamphlet provides a thorough introduction to the museum’s main themes.
- source : ota-tokyo.com... -

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. Edo Tokyo Yasai 江戸東京野菜 vegetables of Edo .

source : amanaimages.com/info...
Magome sansun ninjin 馬込三寸人参（まごめさんすんにんじん） small carrots

Magome hanjiro kyuuri 馬込半白胡瓜（まごめはんじろきゅうり half-white cucumbers

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笹鳴や馬込は垣も斑にて
sasanaki ya Magome wa kaki mo madara nite

nightingale in winter -
the fences of Magome
have become scarce
Tr. Gabi Greve

. Murō Saisei 室生犀星 Muro Saisei (1889 - 1962) .

There is a memorial stone of this haiku near the temple Manpuku-Ji 万福寺の句碑.

. WKD : sasanaki 笹鳴 nightingale in winter .
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Magome 馬籠, Magome-juku - a postal station along the Nakasendo highway.
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Edo - the EDOPEDIA -

11/14/2018

Magome district Ota

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