Saku Koshu Kaido Highway

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Saku Koshu Kaido 佐久甲州街道 Saku Highway
Also called
Koshu Okan 甲州往還 Koshu Road
Connecting Nirasaki (Koshu Kaido) with Komoro (Hokkoku Kaido)
Now mostly National Highway 141.

. Kōshū Kaidō 甲州街道 Koshu Kaido Highway .
39. Nirasaki-shuku (韮崎宿) (Nirasaki)

. Nakasendo 中山道 Nakasendo Highway .
22. Iwamurada-shuku 岩村田宿

. Hokkoku Kaido 北国街道 Hokkoku Highway Roads .
2. Komoro 小諸

Used by the people on the Tokaido side of Japan to reach the temple 善光寺 Zenko-Ji for a pilgrimage.
Also used for the transport of tea, salt and other food and lumber.
Used by 武田信玄 Takeda Shingen and his army.

A difficult part of the road is 野辺山原 Nobe Yamahara.

- Stations along the Saku Kaido
Nirasaki 韮崎 (Yamanashi 山梨県)
Wakamiko 若神子（須玉 Sutama）
Hirasawa Toge Pass 平沢峠 ((南牧村 Nanmoku village)
along the river Chikumagawa 千曲川沿い
Iwamurada 岩村田
Komoro 小諸 (Nagano 長野県)

Hirasawa Toge Pass 平沢峠 - 1413 m

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Saku (佐久市, Saku-shi)
- History
Saku is located in former Shinano Province, and by the Sengoku period it was home to the Ochiai clan, a samurai family that sided with Uesugi Kenshin during his conflict with Takeda Shingen in the 1550s. The Ochiai clan consequently fought for the Uesugi during the Siege of Katsurayama in March 1557; all Ochiai members who took part in the battle were killed in combat or committed suicide.
During the Edo period the area of Saku developed as the castle town of Tatsuoka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate and as a post town.
Following the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the area was organised into Saku District, with the town of Asama, and the village of Higashi (from Kitasaku District) merging with the towns of Nozawa and Nakagomi (both from Minamisaku District) to create the city of Saku. On April 1, 2005 Saku absorbed the town of Usuda (from Minamisaku District), the town of Mochizuki, and the village of Asashina (both from Kitasaku District).
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Tatsuoka Domain (龍岡藩, Tatsuoka-han)
Okutono Domain (奥殿藩, Okutono-han), also known as Okudono, was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kamo District and Nukata Districts of Mikawa Province (part of modern Aichi Prefecture), and in Saku District, Shinano Province, (part of modern Nagano Prefecture) Japan.
The domain was also known as Ogyū Domain (大給藩, Ogyū-han) and later known as Tanoguchi Domain (田野口藩, Tanoguchi-han) and Tatsuoka Domain (龍岡藩, Tatsuoka-han).
The ruling family was the Ogyū-Matsudaira clan.
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Nirasaki (韮崎市, Nirasaki-shi)
- History
The area around present-day Nirasaki was the ancestral homeland of the Takeda clan, which dominated Kai Province in the Sengoku period.
During the Edo period, the area was tenryō territory under the direct administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the village of Niirasaki was a post town on the Kōshū Kaidō highway.
During the early Meiji period, the area was organized into 14 villages under Kitakoma District, Yamanashi.
Nirasaki was elevated to town status on September 20, 1892. Modern Nirasaki City was founded by merger of Nirasaki with ten surrounding villages on October 10, 1954.
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. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 (1521 - 1573)　 .

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Komoro (小諸市, Komoro-shi) / Komoro Han 小諸藩 Komoro Domain
- History
The area of present-day Komoro was part of ancient Shinano Province.
The Tōsandō, one of the national routes passed Komoro, which was the location of an Umaya, or post station for government officials and army.
However, the name "Komoro" first appears in written history in the Kamakura period chronicle, Azuma Kagami. In these days, Komoro Tarō Mitsukane (小諸太郎光兼), a gokenin assigned by the shogunate to govern the area.
During the Muromachi period, the region came under the control of the Ogasawara Ōi clan. The area had a very unsettled history during the Sengoku period.
Under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, much of the area was under the control of Komoro Domain and the town developed into a jōkamachi around Komoro Castle.
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The area which later became Komoro Han 小諸藩 Komoro Domain was repeated contested between the Uesugi clan, the Takeda clan and the Later Hōjō clan during the Sengoku period, changing hands repeatedly. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi annihilated the Hōjō clan in the Siege of Odawara in 1590, he awarded Komoro as a 50,000 koku holding to 仙石秀久 Sengoku Hidehisa. The marked the start of Komoro Domain. He was confirmed in his status by Tokugawa Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara, and his son, Sengoku Tadamasa was transferred to Ueda Domain in 1622.
Komoro was part of the holdings of Kōfu Domain from 1622-1624,
but was revived as an independent domain for Matsudaira Norinaga from 1624-1647. On his death without an heir, the domain was placed under Matsumoto Domain for a year, until the transfer of Aoyama Munetoshi, who was raised from hatamoto status. He subsequently served as Osaka jōdai from 1662, and Komoro was given to Sakai Tadayoshi, formerly of Isesaki Domain. Sakai was demoted to Tanaka Domain in Suruga Province in 1679.
The next ruler of Komoro was Nishio Tadanari, formerly of Tanaka Domain. He made great efforts to undo the damage caused by the misgovernment of Sakai Tadayoshi, but was transferred to Yokosuka Domain in 1682. Komoro was then given to a junior branch of the Matsudaira clan from 1679 to 1702.
In 1702, Makino Yasushige was transferred to Komoro from Yoita Domain in Echigo Province. This at last brought stability to the administration of the domain, as the Makino clan continued to rule until the Meiji restoration.
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Saku Cosmos Kaido 佐久コスモス街道

About 9 km long, now National Highway 254.
Since 1972, the villagers have been planting cosmos flowers along the road.
During the peak blossom time, they have the festival
佐久高原コスモスまつり Sakuma Takahara Cosmos Matsuri.

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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小諸市 Komoro city

fune ga ishi 舟ヶ石 rock like a boat
Once upon a time, the daughter of 雲之助 Kumonosuke, お坪 O-Tsubo, wanted to make a weir and called out to the rock in her way:
"fune ni nare 舟になれ Become a boat".
And indeed, water begun to flow and the rock turned into a boat.
The daughter became insane and died soon after.

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mochi 餅
与良のある家で暮に餅をついていたとき、合取りの人を誤って杵でつき殺してしまった。以来、暮に餅をつくと餅が血のように赤くなるというので、正月になってからつく事になっている。

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
34 小諸市 (01)

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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佐久鯉といふを放ちて池涼し
Saku koi to iu o hanachite ike suzushi

setting free
some carp from Saku -
coolness at the pond
Tr. Gabi Greve

藤岡筑邨 Fujioka Chikuson (1923 - ) - 藤岡改造 Fujioka Kaizo

. koi 鯉 carp, Karpfen .
Saku city is famous for its carp cultivation.

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3/22/2020

Saku Koshu Kaido Highway

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