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3/12/2018

Hachioji district

In the autumn of 913, 妙行 priest Myogyo came from Kyoto and built his hermitage at
深沢山 Mount Fukasawayama (445 m). He sat in a cave and meditated, not paying attention to the strong disturbing wind, thunder and all kinds of heavenly distractions, which came and went like mist and fog. Myogyo kept meditating and reciting the Sutras.
Now 大蛇 a huge serpent came dangling down from the cave, encircled the saint and fell asleep. Myogyo took his nyoi-bo 如意棒 priest scepter and hit the serpent gently on the head:
"Wake up, please!" The serpent opened its eyes and left quietly.
Next morning a deity came to him with his eight children (hachi oji):
"My children and myself have great respect for your virtues! You may use all the land to spread the good words and we will protect all the people on it. I am the deity Gozu Tenno and these are my eight children."
「私は牛頭天王で伴っているのは八王子です」

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Myogyo continued his meditation and in 916 proclaimed Fukasawayama as 天王峰 Mount Tenno-Mine　and the eight peaks around it as 八王峰 Mount Oji-Mine. He built a sanctuary on each one and spread the belief in Gozu Tenno and his Hachi Oji in all parts.
Then he built a temple at the foot of Mount Fukasawayama, which became quite large within time.
In the year 939 the story reached the ears of the Emperor 朱雀天皇 Suzaku Tenno and he bestowed a new name to the priest :
Kegon Bosatsu Myogyo 華厳菩薩妙行
The name of the temple is 牛頭山神護寺 Gozusan Jingo-Ji.
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八王子神社 Hachioji Jinja

牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno and his eight princes (八王子 hachi ooji) are celebrated at the shrine
八王子神社 Hachioji Jinja and 八王子権現社 Hachioji Gongensha.

. 牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno - Heavenly King with an Ox-Head .

八王子権現社 Hachioji Gongensha

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Hachiōji (八王子市 Hachiōji-shi) is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis,...
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The area of present-day Hachiōji was part of ancient Musashi Province. It has been an important junction point and post town along the Kōshū Highway, the main road that connected the historical Edo (today's Tokyo) with western Japan.
Hachiōji Castle was built during the Sengoku period in 1584 by Hōjō Ujiteru, but was soon destroyed in 1590 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
During the Edo period, the area was Tenryō controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate.
In the post-Meiji Restoration reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Minamitama District in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The town of Hachiōji was created on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of municipalities law. Minaitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Hachiōji gained city status on September 1, 1917.
..... The city is surrounded on three sides by mountains, forming the Hachioji Basin which opens up toward the east in the direction of Tokyo. The mountain ranges in the southwest include Mount Takao (599 m) and Mount Jinba (857 m),
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Kokubunji village charcoal Kiln

This scene depicts a charcoal kiln in Kokubunji village and the people working there.
Kokubunji was a center of charcoal production along with Hachiōji.
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. Kōshū Kaidō 甲州街道 Koshu Kaido Highway .
The Highway from Edo via Kofu to Suwa
11. Hachiōji-shuku (八王子宿) (Hachiōji, Hachioji) postal station

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. Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Kanto / Bando .
08 . 高尾山 Takao-San 八王子 Hachioji .

. Kongooin 金剛院 Kongo-In .
39-1 Ueno-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 八王子東京 / 武州八王子高野山

. Shooeizan 松栄山 Shoeizan 了法寺 Ryoho-Ji .
This temple in Hachioji near central Tokyo belongs to the Nichiren sect.

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. Tama-ori, Tama Ori 多摩織　Woven Fabrics from Tama .
In Hachioji, which was known as the "City of Mulberries," sericulture (the raising of silkworms) and textile manufacturing have both long flourished; and these factors have contributed to the continued weaving of various textiles in the area.

. Legends about Mount Takao-San and its Tengu 天狗 .
and Izuna Daigongen 飯縄大権現

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神奈川県 Kanagawa 津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama

kamikakushi 神隠し spirited away
Once the farmer 小松の高さん Komatsu no Taka-san, who had been ill for many years was suddenly spirited away. About two weeks later he came home in a rikshaw, all the way from Mount Takaosan.
But now he had become quite crazy and lost his mind completely.

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. hikarimono 光り物 great light .
At night on the 8th day of the 10th lunar month, a huge stone fell from the sky in Ushigome.
The year before, a similar stone had fallen down in 八王子 Hachioji.
There was thunder in the night and a light like a lightning.

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71 to explore 八王子 (01)
Including places named Hachioji in other parts of Japan
八王子神社 in Ishikawa

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八王子駅出でて直ぐ桑がくれ
hachiooji eki idete sugu kuwa gakure

out of Hachioji station
right into
the mulberries
Tr. Gabi Greve

三橋敏雄 Mitsuhashi Toshio

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. Hachioji sennin dooshin 八王子千人同心 1000 officials from Hachioji .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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3/10/2018

Hibiya district

To the South of the inlet is
Hibiya mura　日比谷村 the village of Hibiya.
Next to Hibiya mura were 桜田村 Sakurada mura, 老月村 Rogetsu mura and other villages.

In the process to develop the city of Edo, Tokugawa Ieyasu had the inly refilled and the land was used for living quarters of Edo government officials and Daimyo.

. Shin Sakanacho 新肴町 Shinsakanacho "new fish market .
and the relocation of Rogetsumura　老月村.

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Hibi 篊 are bunches of bamboo or brushwood used to grow and farm 海苔 nori (a kind of seaweed).
The area was known for people and shops farming and selling nori (which was grown on hibi). Those people and shops would have been referred to as 篊屋 hibi-ya (hibi-people/hibi-shops). As the area grew (and the nori farmers presumably moved out), the place name came to be written 比々谷 Hibiya which has no meaning).
The first character means “comparison” and represents the sound ひ hi. The second character just means “repeat the previous sound.” (the second “hi” becomes “bi” according to euphonic rules called 連濁). The final character is common in Japanese place names and means “valley.” This final character is also meaningless because there is no valley here. If anything, it’s part of the alluvial plain created by the waters in Tokyo Bay.
Sometime in the Edo Period, 比々谷 came to be written as 日比谷 and that is the way it is still written today.
The characters as they are now are “sun” “compare” and “valley, respectively.
If you go to Hibiya Park today, you’ll notice that there is a large pond near the Imperial Palace (Edo Castle). This pond was part of the system of moats around Edo Castle. The moat is gone today, but the pond is in its place. If you walk around the pond, you’ll notice a line of stone wall fortifications which match the castle area. This was one of the moat’s walls. Also, you’ll notice a photo spot called 日比谷見附 Hibiya-Mitsuke (The Hibiya Approach). This was the path to the 日比谷御門 Hibiya Go-Mon, one of many gates into the castle. Btw, 見附 means “approach” or “walkway.”
The area that is the Hibiya park today used to house 2 daimyōs’ upper residences; Saga domain and Chōshū domain.
- source : japanthis.com/2013...

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- photo : Tokyo National Museum - 旧江戸城写真帖＿日比谷見附図 1871

日比谷見附 Hibiya-Mitsuke
With the landfill of the Sotobori canal the Hibiya Mitsuke was also taken down and only a small piece of its stone wall is left now.

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Hibiya Kooen 日比谷公園 Hibiya Koen Park
..... in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan. It covers an area of 161,636.66m2 between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, the Shinbashi district to the southeast and the Kasumigaseki government district to the west.
The land was occupied by the estates of the Mōri clan and Nabeshima clan during the Edo period, and was used for army maneuvers during the Meiji period.
It was converted to a park and opened to the public on June 1, 1903.
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. Tokyo Daijingu 東京大神宮 .
The new era of Modern Japan began with the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and a new shrine was built in Tokyo in 1880 with the approval of Emperor Meiji. This shrine enabled people in Tokyo to worship the deities enshrined in the Grand Shrine of Ise from afar. At first this new shrine was called 'Hibiya Daijingu,' taking the name of the area in which it was located.
After the Kanto Earthquake, it was moved to its present site of Iidabashi in 1928,
and it was renamed 'Iidabashi Daijingu'.

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bakemono 化けもの ghost
On the underground pathway that connects the 銀座 Ginza with 日比谷 Hibiya, there is a Yurei ghost showing up once in a while.
Walking down the stairway from the Ginza side, where is a whirl of golden hair fluttering in the wind, following people. If people try to run away from it, it moves even faster toward them. When they reach the other side at Hibiya, the ghost disappears in a puff.

日比谷神明 Hibiya Shinmei
In the year 1005 on the 16th day of the 9th lunar month, a 御神幣 ritual wand and 大牙 a huge animal fang fell from the sky. All the villagers were afraid and wondering about its meaning, when out of nowhere a young girl of 7 years appeared. The girl got in a state of trance and said the was 伊勢内外宮の神 the deity from great Ise Jingu Shrine. She was back from a trip to the 鹿島 Kashima region, where she had fought with an army of invaders. She had left these two objects as proof of her visit and the villagers should hasten to built a shrine to venerate them.
The child came back to it senses, but disappeared just as suddenly as she had come from nowhere.
The shrine built was named 日比谷神明宮 Hibiya Shinmei-Gu.
Now it is known as 芝神明社 Shiba Shinmei-Sha, 芝大神宮 Shiba Daijingu.
1-12-7 Shiba daimon, Minato ward
The deities in residence are
Amaterasu Omikami (the sun goddess) and
Toyouke no Okami (deity of agriculture and industry)

. Shiba Daijinguu 芝大神宮 Shiba Daijingu .
In former times, it was also called
Iikura Myoojin Guu 飯倉神明宮 Iikura Myojin Gu / Iikura Shinmei Gu
Shiba Myoojin Guu 芝神明宮 Shiba Myojin Gu / Shiba Shinmei Gu

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江戸名所　芝神明 Famous Places of Edo: Shiba Shinmei
Utagawa Hiroshige II

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秋晴の植木かつぎて日比谷かな
akibare no ueki katsugite Hibiya kana

Hibiya
with the potted trees
in splendid autumn weather . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

岸本尚毅 Kishimoto Naoki (1961 - )

日比谷公園ガーデニングショー Hibiya Park Gardening Show
A gardening exhibition held at Hibiya Park in Tokyo, includes various events; gardening competition, flower arrangement workshop, outdoor activity experiences and more.
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秋晴れの都バスは花壇の日比谷過ぎ
高澤良一

黒南風の日比谷にをりぬ湘子亡し
戸塚時不知

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Otemachi district

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Ootemachi, Ōtemachi 大手町 Otemachi district
千代田区 Chiyoda ward.
The name refers to the Ōtemon 大手門 Otemon main gate of the Edo Castle.

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Otemachi is located north of Tokyo Station and Marunouchi, east of the Imperial Palace, west of Nihonbashi and south of Kanda. It is the location of the former site of the village of Shibazaki, the most ancient part of Tokyo.
Ōtemachi is known as a center of Japanese journalism, housing the main offices of three of the "big five" newspapers as well as being a key financial center and headquarters for large Japanese corporations. It is also the location of the Japan Postal Museum.
The Tokyo Fire Department is headquartered in Ōtemachi, as is the Japan Meteorological Agency.

View of a part of Ōtemachi as depicted in the Edo-zu byōbu screens

Ōtemachi derives its name of Ōtemon ("Great Hand Gate") of Edo Castle.
During the Edo period, various daimyōs constructed their lavish residences outside the castle, such as the residence of the daimyō Matsudaira Tadamasa. Ōtemachi was completely destroyed during the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. It was rebuilt, albeit on a smaller, less grand scale. Ōtemachi remained however in the possession of the various daimyō families until the end of the Tokugawa system and the start of the Meiji period in the 1860s.
The various daimyō families lost their lots as the area was repossessed by the government, who constructed various governmental offices. Today nothing remains of its residential past, the area is dotted with modern high-rise buildings.
In order to gain revenue, the government decided to sell the area into private hands. The area was completely redeveloped.
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Hirakawachoo　平川町 Hirakawa-Cho, Hirakawa district
Hirakawa is sometimes spelled 平河, "flat river".

In the Eod period, it was located in front of the 平川御門 Hirakawa Gomon Gate, leading to Hirakawamura 平川村 Hirakawa village.
Hirakawa village is now known as Otemachi. Other parts have become 一ツ橋 Hitotsubashi and 九段南 Kudan-Minami.

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Hirakawa-mon (平川門) is said to have been the main gate to the Sannomaru of Edo Castle. It is also said to have been the side gate for maidservants and therefore called the Otsubone-mon.
The shape of this gate is in the masugata, similar to the Ōte-mon. However a watari-yagura-mon is built to an adjacent left angle within the kōrai-mon, of which it has two. The other kōrai-mon is located to the west of the watari-yagura-mon which was used as the "gates of the unclean" for the deceased and criminals from within the castle. Outside this gate is a wooden bridge with railings crowned with giboshi ornamental tops.
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Hirakawabori 平川堀 Hirakawa moat

Hirakawabashi 平河橋 Hirakawa bridge

Yoshida Hiroshi

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平川天満宮 / 平河天満宮 Hirakawa Tenmangu, Hirakawa Tenjin
This Shrine is the closest to the living quarters of the Emperor in Tokyo, and thus quite popular.

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The history of Hirakawa Tenmangu Shrine starts with Ota Dokan (1432-1486), the poet-warrior-monk tasked with designing and building Edo Castle (today's Imperial Palace Tokyo). Ota is said to have had a dream about the Heian era scholar, Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), who is venerated as a deity in Japan. Then the very next day, he happened to be presented with a scroll of one of Sugawara's works. Taking these as a sign, he established a shrine to Sugawara no Michizane on the northern edge of the castle, not far from the Hirakawamon Gate, which he planted with Chinese plum trees - what is today's Bairinzaka (梅林坂 Plum Tree Slope).
Then, in 1607,
soon after the first Shogun of the Edo era, Ieyasu Tokugawa, occupied Edo Castle, the shrine was moved to its present location in the area then known as Kaizaka, renamed Hirakawacho after the shrine.
Hirakawa Tenmangu Shrine was the shrine at which all three branches of the ruling Tokugawa clan petitioned at, and every New Year, the head of the shrine was afforded the status of being allowed a personal audience with the Shogun.
Also, being dedicated to Japan's most eminent scholar, Hirakawa Tenmangu shrine has been worshiped at by later scholars, notably the blind scholar 塙保己一 Hokiichi Hanawa (1746-1821) and the scholar of Western science,
高野長英 Choei Takano (1804-50), and continues to be associated with learning, and success in learning, to this day. As such, the shrine is a renowned destination for students praying for success in examinations.
Hirakawa Tenmangu
suffered destruction several times, the latest being by bombing in the Second World War, and was reconstructed in 1969, the only "original" parts being the copper torii gate that was donated by local residents in 1844, and the stone guardian lions, dating from 1852.
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There are no less than 5 stone cows on the grounds.
The cow is associated with Tenjin shrines, which are always shrines for scholars. The most famous one in Tokyo is Yushima Tenjin shrine in east Tokyo. The god Tenjin is usually depicted riding on a cow. Stroking one, or all, of the stone cows here at Hirakawa Tenmangu is believed to endow you with scholarly aptitude.
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. Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真 and the Tenmangu Shrines .

. Oota Dookan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486) .

. Hanawa Hokiichi 塙保己一 Hanawa Hoki-Ichi (1746 - 1821) .

. Takano Chōei　高野長英 Takano Choei (1804 - 1850) .

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Yamada Asaemon 山田浅右衛門 a clan of sword fighters
The first Yamada Asaemon Sadatake 山田浅右衛門貞武（1657 - 1716）
His name lived on for 9 generations till
Yamada Yoshisuke 山田吉亮（1854 - 1911）

The last one of the clan, Yoshisuke, was nick-named the "head-cutter"
kubi-ori Asaemon 首折り浅右衛門 -
kubi-kiri Asaemon　首切り浅右衛門 "Decapitator Asaemon"
manga Kubikiri Asa 首斬り朝 "Neck-chopper Asa".

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Matsumoto Ryoojun 松本良順　Matsumoto Ryojun
(1832 - 1907)
doctor of the 14th Shogun, Tokugawa Iemochi

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Matsumoto Jun 松本順
(also known as Matsumoto Ryōjun 松本良順) (July 13, 1832 – March 12, 1907) was a Japanese physician who served as the personal physician to the last shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. He also studied photography with J. L. C. Pompe van Meerdervoort (1829–1908), though he was somewhat unimpressed with his instructor's skills, once describing the result of one of Pompe van Meerdervoort's photographic experiments as "a meagre black shadow". Foreign Minister Hayashi Tadasu was his brother.
Matsumoto was born as the son of the domain physician of Sakura Domain, at the clan's Azabu residence in Edo. He was sent to Nagasaki in 1857 to study rangaku, during which time he studied both western medicine and photography. When Swiss photographer Pierre Rossier arrived in Japan in 1859, Matsumoto ordered Maeda Genzō to assist Rossier. Maeda subsequently became a pioneering Japanese photographer. Another link between Matsumoto and photography dates from some point between 1857 and 1859 when he adopted the 13-year-old future photographer Uchida Kuichi.
Matsumoto helped the Aizu Domain modernize its medical practices, and in 1868 moved to Kyoto to assist Aizu daimyō Matsudaira Katamori during the latter's tenure as Kyoto Shugoshoku. The situation in Kyoto was very unsettled, and Matsumoto befriended Shinsengumi leader Kondō Isami and rendered medical assistance to them. During the Second Chōshū expedition of 1866, he served as personal physician to the 14th Tokugawa shōgun, Tokugawa Iemochi.
During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he volunteered his services as an army medic accompanying the infantry supporting the Shogunate. After the Battle of Aizu in 1868, he made his way to Sendai, and enlisted with the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. Briefly imprisoned after the war by the new Meiji government, he was released through the efforts of Yamagata Aritomo, who asked him to help develop the medical corps of the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army.
During the Meiji era, he maintained his relations with former retainers of the Shogun. He also was instrumental in helping Nagakura Shinpachi and Saitō Hajime build a monument to the Shinsengumi at Itabashi in Tokyo. He subsequently served in the House of Peers and received the title of baron (danshaku) under the Kazoku peerage system. Matsumoto died in 1907, and his grave is at the temple of Myodai-ji in Ōiso, Kanagawa.
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. General Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? – 940) .
His tomb (which contains only a kubizuka 首塚 monument to his head) is near exit C5 of Tokyo's Ōtemachi subway station.
Masakado was one of the most feared "onryo" (vengeful ghosts) in Japanese history.

. Kanda Myojin Shrine 神田明神 . - Tokyo
The three deities enshrined are Daikokuten, Ebisu, and Taira no Masakado.

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

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3/02/2018

Kasumigaseki district

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Kasumigaseki district　霞ヶ関 / 霞が関 "fog gate" , "gate of mist"
"checkpoint in the mist"

Hiroshige - Toto Meisho

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A tract of land from 桜田門 Sakuradamon Gate to around 虎ノ門 Toranomon Gate.
According to legend, this is said to be the place where Prince Yamato Takeru set a sekisho 関所 (barrier station) against the Emishi, and because this barrier separated the Yamato with a kasumi 霞 (mist) and because it was a place from which one could see the far off places separated by the mist it was called Kasumigaseki (gate of mist).

Ichiryusai Hiroshige

It is located on the Yamanote plateau and connected to Edo Castle, and as it was a key point in the defense of the castle, it served as an area for the residences of a large number of Daimyo (feudal lords). It is often pictured in nishiki-e centered on the hill.

Hiroshige - Edo Hyakkei

Hiroshige - Toto sanjurokkei

- one more Hiroshige print on this page:
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Kasumigaseki-saka　霞ヶ関坂 the Slope of Kasumigaseki
is clearly depicted on the last two prints. Below the slope are the homes of the townspeople and further down the Edo bay.

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江戸名所図　Edo Meisho Zue

The estate is surrounded by huge stone walls. The road in front is wide enough to have a procession of Daimyo cross with each other.
All kinds of merchants, dealers and normal Edo townspeople are depicted.

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Kasumigaseki
Painted by Utagawa Hiroshige (1847-1852)

Kasumigaseki has long been described in classical Japanese poetry.
The name is said to have come from the fact that there was a checkpoint on the Ōshū Highway here.
In the Edo period it was the location of daimyo's Edo residence that lined each side of the road, and gave a view out over Edo Bay from the top of the hill.
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Kasumigaseki 霞が関

Kasumigaseki is a name that goes back beyond Edo times,
it originally referring to a "seki" (a customs and security barrier)
that was established on the 奥州街道 Ōshu Road (leading to northern Japan).
In contemporary times, the location of "Kasumigaseki" (literally "the Kasumi barrier")
is bordered on one side by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
and on the other by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
However, when the "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo" was published,
this barrier was bordered by the Edo mansions of
the 福岡藩黒田家 Kuroda, Lords of the Fukuoka Domain; and
the 広島藩浅野家 Asano, Lords of the Hiroshima Domain.
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Kasumigaseki 霞が関

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. fog, mist and more hazy season words .
the Japanese words kasumi　霞 and oboro　朧 are haze and mist of spring,
whereas kiri　霧 is the fog of autumn and winter.

. sekisho 関所 checkpoint, barrier .
Kasumigaseki was installed long before the Edo period.

Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido Road - see below
connecting Edo with the Mutsu Province in Tohoku.

. Prince Yamatotakeru 日本武尊 Yamato Takeru .
legendary prince in the 4th century

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Hiroshige, Famous Places of Edo - Kasumigaseki
A fine Hiroshige; a stunning and unusual perspectival view of Edo through highly stylised clouds, probably from a miscellaneous series of views of 1854 showing a temple precinct to the right of the picture and hurrying crowds in the thoroughfares. This is a great view and I am reminded of Basil Stewart’s comment:
One wonders whether the historical and topographical value of his prints has yet been realized by his fellow countrymen.

Kasumigaseki, (misty barrier)
was the name of the area of Edo nearest to the castle. The name derives from the control barrier on the road to Oshu. The area looked across Edo Bay and was one of the most famous views in the city. It was up this street that the procession of the Sanno festival travelled which took place at the Hei temple.
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Kasumigaseki 霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関, / かすみがせき　Barrier/gate of Fog
is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices.
The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy,
as opposed to Nagatachō, which refers to the elected government or the legislative branch.
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ぶきっちよな霞ヶ関の狂言師
bukitcho na kasumigaseki no kyoogenshi

the Kyogen performer
from Kasumigaseki is just
so awkward
Tr. Gabi Greve

山本敏倖 Yamamoto Binko

. Kyogen in various seasons .
traditional Japanese theater

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. Kaidō 日本の街道 The Ancient Highways of Japan .

Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido Highway Road
connecting Edo with the Mutsu Province in Tohoku.

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... one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Mutsu Province and the present-day city of Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu for government officials traveling through the area.
- Subroutes
In addition to the established use of traveling from Edo to Mutsu Province, there were also many roads that connected from the Ōshū Kaidō. One such sub-route was the Sendaidō (仙台道), which connected Mutsu Province with Sendai. The terminus for the Sendaidō is in Aoba-ku in modern Sendai. From there, the Matsumaedō (松前道) connected Sendai with Hakodate, Hokkaidō. Though the Ōshū Kaidō has only 27 post stations, there were over 100 designated post stations when the subroutes are included.

- The 27 stations of the Ōshū Kaidō
Tokyo : Starting Location: Nihonbashi (日本橋) (Chūō-ku)
1. Senju-shuku (千住宿) (Adachi-ku)

Saitama Prefecture
2. Sōka-shuku (草加宿) (Sōka)
3. Koshigaya-shuku (越ヶ谷宿) (Koshigaya)
4. Kasukabe-shuku (粕壁宿) (Kasukabe)
5. Sugito-shuku (杉戸宿) (Sugito, Kitakatsushika District)
6. Satte-shuku (幸手宿) (Satte)
7. Kurihashi-shuku (栗橋宿) (Kuki)

Ibaraki Prefecture
8. Nakada-shuku (中田宿) (Koga)
9. Koga-shuku (古河宿) (Koga)

Tochigi Prefecture
10. Nogi-shuku (野木宿) (Nogi, Shimotsuga District)
11. Mamada-shuku (間々田宿) (Oyama)
12. Oyama-shuku (小山宿) (Oyama)
13. Shinden-shuku (新田宿) (Oyama)
14. Koganei-shuku (小金井宿) (Shimotsuke)
15. Ishibashi-shuku (石橋宿) (Shimotsuke)
16. Suzumenomiya-shuku (雀宮宿) (Utsunomiya)
17. Utsunomiya-shuku (宇都宮宿) (Utsunomiya)
18. Shirosawa-shuku (白澤宿) (Utsunomiya)
19. Ujiie-shuku (氏家宿) (Sakura)
20. Kitsuregawa-shuku (喜連川宿) (Sakura)
21. Sakuyama-shuku (佐久山宿) (Ōtawara)
o Yagisawa-shuku (八木沢宿) (Ōtawara) (ai no shuku)
22. Ōtawara-shuku (大田原宿) (Ōtawara)
23. Nabekake-shuku (鍋掛宿) (Nasushiobara)
24. Koebori-shuku (越堀宿) (Nasushiobara)
o Terago-shuku (寺子宿) (Nasushiobara) (ai no shuku)
25. Ashino-shuku (芦野宿) (Nasu, Nasu District)
o Tani-shuku (谷宿) (Nasu, Nasu District) (ai no shuku)
o Yorii-shuku (寄居宿) (Nasu, Nasu District) (ai no shuku)

Fukushima Prefecture
26. Shirosaka-shuku (白坂宿) (Shirakawa)
27. Shirakawa-shuku (白川宿) (Shirakawa)
Ending Location: Shirakawa Castle (白河城) (Shirakawa)
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From Shirakawa the Kaido went on through
Fukushima - stations 30 - 57
Miyagi - stations 58 - 82
Iwate - stations 83 - 98
. Aomori - 99 - 112 .
Hokkaido - 113.Matsumae / 114. 箱館宿 Hakodate

. Minowa　三ノ輪 / 箕輪 Minowa district .
Even before the Edo period, this was a sort of highway station on the way to the North.

. Nezu 根津 - Bunkyo ward .
Nezu Monzenmachi 根津門前町 along the Highway

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Okayama place names

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県名の由来（岡山県ってどういう意味？）

備前県民局エリアの地名
(岡山・玉野・備前・瀬戸内・赤磐・和気・吉備中央）

備中県民局エリアの地名
（倉敷・浅口・笠岡・井原・総社・高梁・新見・早島・里庄・矢掛）

美作県民局エリアの地名
(津山・真庭・美作・新庄・鏡野・勝央・奈義・西粟倉・久米南・美咲)

旧国名の由来
（吉備、備前、備中、美作）

中国地方の呼び名の由来
(日本なのに、何で中国地方なの？）

山陽地方の呼び名の由来
(山陽地方、山陰地方ってどういう意味？）

岡山の県北・県南の境界線ってどこ？

番外編・全都道府県の名前の由来
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【いくつ読めますか？？　岡山県の難読地名】
今日はその中でも10ほどご紹介します。
岡山県愛が強い方なら、きっと全て読めるはず？？

1.妹（倉敷市）…せ - Se
2.虫明（瀬戸内市）…むしあげ - Mushiage
公式には「むしあげ」ですが、「むしあけ」と呼ばれることもあるそうです。-
3.刑部（新見市）…おさかべ - Asakabe
総社市にも同じ地名がありますが、読み方は「おしかべ」です。
4.宍粟（総社市）…しさわ - Shisawa
5.美袋（総社市）…みなぎ - Minagi
「水流れ」が転じたものと言われています。
6.神戸（津山市）…じんご - Jingo
「こうべ」と呼んでしまいそうですが、日本各地には「かんべ」、「かんど」、「ごうど」などと読む所もあります。
7.香登（備前市）…かがと - Kagato
8.麻宇那（備前市）…あそうな - Asouna
麻で作った紐、麻苧（あさお）の産地であることに由来しているそうです。
9.四御神（岡山市）…しのごぜ - Ghinogoze
この地に鎮座する大神神社の祭神が、大物主神など四神であることが由来だそうです。
10.加茂町百々（津山市）…かもちょうどうどう - Kamocho Dodo

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. Mingei 民芸 Okayama Folk Art - 岡山県　 .

. Washoku - food specialities from Okayama .

. Sekibutsu stone statues by Bunei 文英様石仏 - Okayama -
吉備の文英様石仏 .
Marebito　まれびと　/ 客 / 賓 / 客人 "rare person"
koshinage Jizoo 腰投げ地蔵 "hip-throw" Jizo -
Bishamonten Magaibutsu - 毘沙門天磨崖仏
Kibi no Sekibutsu 吉備の石仏 Stone Buddhas from Kibi

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Okayama no Misaki Densetsu　岡山県のミサキ伝説 Misaki Legends from Okayama .

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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. 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 .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Kuki clan family

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Kuki shi 九鬼氏 Kuki ke 九鬼家 the Kuki clan, Kuki family

The Kûki family was originally from Muro district of Kii province, and had been settled in Shima province by
Kuki Takayoshi.
The clan became powerful in the Ago district of Shima and developed a reputation as pirates.
Yoshitaka, the eldest son of Kûki Sadataka (a warlord with a reputation for being a pirate),
Kuki suigun 九鬼水軍 the Kuki navy
Kuki Tadayoshi claimed remote descent from Fujiwara Tadahira, an important court noble of the 9th-10th century.
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Kuki Yoshitaka (九鬼嘉隆) (1542 – November 17, 1600)
was a naval commander during Japan's Sengoku Period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was also the ninth headmaster of the Kuki family's school of martial arts, Kukishin-ryū and thus a very skilled warrior.

In the 1570s, Kuki allied himself with Oda Nobunaga, and commanded his fleet, supporting land-based attacks on the Ikkō-ikki. In 1574, his aid ensured a victory for Nobunaga in his third attempt to attack the Nagashima fortress. In 1576, he was defeated at Kizugawaguchi by the Mōri clan fleet, but 1578 brought victory in the second Battle of Kizugawaguchi, in which Kuki used 'iron ships' to repel the arrows and musket balls of the opposing Mōri clan's ships.

In 1587, he led Toyotomi Hideyoshi's fleet in a campaign in Kyūshū, alongside Konishi Yukinaga, Wakizaka Yasuharu and Katō Yoshiaki. Three years later, along with Wakizaka Yasuharu and Kato Yoshiaki he went on to lead the Siege of Odawara and the Siege of Shimoda. He continued in his role as commander of Hideyoshi's fleet, launching an invasion of Korea in 1592 from his flagship Nipponmaru. He was severely defeated in the Battle of Myeongryang.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, Kuki Yoshitaka fought alongside the Toyotomi forces, while his son Kuki Moritaka joined the opposing force, under Tokugawa Ieyasu. Following Tokugawa's victory, his son successfully guaranteed Yoshitaka's safety from Ieyasu. In a turn of fate, Yoshitaka committed seppuku before the news reached him.

Kuki Moritaka (九鬼守隆) (?1573 ?1597 - October 28, 1632)
九鬼氏鳥羽藩初代藩主 First Lord of the Toba Domain
was a general and admiral in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the son of Kuki Yoshitaka, one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's top generals.
In the last years of the 16th century,
Kuki Moritaka supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in his bid for power, while his father fought for the opposing side, supporting Ishida Mitsunari. After Tokugawa's victory, Moritaka was confirmed in lordship of his family's han (fief), which was raised from 26,000 koku to 46,000 in wealth and power. Afterwards, Moritaka remained a loyal general to the Tokugawa, commanding a fleet in the siege of Osaka in 1614-1615.
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. Kontaiji 金胎寺 Kontai-Ji, Toba .
This temple became the clan temple of the Kuki clan.

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The Edo estate of the 九鬼家 Kuki family of the 丹波綾部 Tanba Ayabe domain was in Edo, Sarue.

In their park was an old pine, the famous
小名木川五本松 Onagigawa Gohon Matsu

Edo Meisho Zue

. Saruechoo 猿江町 Sarue Cho - "Monkey Inlet" in Edo .

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Toba Castle (鳥羽城 Toba-jō)
was a Japanese castle (now in ruins) located in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Throughout the Edo period, Toba Castle was the administrative center for Toba Domain, a feudal domain of Shima Province under the Tokugawa shogunate. Located on the coast of Ise Bay, with its main gate facing the ocean, Toba Castle was also known as the Floating Castle of Toba (鳥羽の浮城 Toba-no-uki-jō) or the Two-color Castle (二色城 Nishoku-jō) (from the fact that its seaward side was painted black, and landward side painted white).
The castle was constructed in 1594 by Kuki Yoshitaka,
an admiral under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who commanded a force of Japanese pirates, who dominated the Ise Bay area in the Sengoku period. The Kuki clan ruled for three generations until 1633.
Following three generations of the Kuki clan until 1633,
the castle came under the control of Naito Tadashige who expanded the grounds by adding a second and third bailey. It was subsequently ruled by various daimyō in the early Edo period, until it came into the possession of the Inagaki clan in 1725. The Inagaki ruled the 30,000 koku Toba Domain for eight generations until the Meiji restoration. The three-story tenshu (donjon) of the castle, built in 1633, was destroyed in 1854 during one of the Ansei great earthquakes and was not rebuilt.
The remaining structures of the castle
were destroyed in 1871 by orders of the new Meiji government. Located on the castle site are the modern Toba city hall, city elementary school, Shiroyama Park, and Toba Aquarium
- source : wikipedia

Kuki suigun 九鬼水軍 the Kuki navy
九鬼水軍楽市 Market in Toba, Mie prefecture

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. Kuki Shūzō 九鬼周造 Kuki Shuzo .
(1888 – 1941)
was a prominent Japanese academic, philosopher and university professor.

source : squatyama.blog.so-net.ne.jp...

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Kuki 九鬼 - means "nine Oni demons"
. Onipedia 日本の鬼 The Demons of Japan .

The name 九鬼 can also be read くおに Kuoni or きゅうき Kyuuki
Kuki-ura 九木浦 "Inlet with nine trees"
It goes back to the inleyKukiura 九木浦 / 九鬼浦 (spelled originally with 木 tree instead of Oni),
which was given to the 藤原氏 Fujiwara clan (or the 綾部家 Ayabe clan) by 天智天皇 Tenji Tenno (626 - 672).

三重県尾鷲市九鬼町 / Kukicho village, Owase, Mie
It is also a place name in many parts of Japan, often for rocks, boulders, small caves or steep valleys.

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九鬼大隅守 Kuki Osumi no Kami

Nipponmaru (日本丸), flagship of Kuki Yoshitaka (九鬼嘉隆),
from '文禄癸巳六月於釜山海征韓水軍総督九鬼大隅守船柵之図'. Nipponmaru is believed to be one of the several Atakebune that was upgraded with iron plating. Tekkōsen (てっこうせん or 鉄甲船, lit. 'Ironclad ship').
... also known as ō-atakebune (大安宅船), is the souped-up and up-armoured version of atakebune (安宅船)
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南知多町 Minami-Chita

Kuki gun 九鬼軍 the army of the Kuki clan
In the year 1580, the Kuki army from Toba torched 岩屋寺本堂 the main hall of the temple Iwaya-Ji (Iwayadera) .
They came in their fearful 悪竹(あたけ) Atakebune 悪竹船 ships.
Before coming to Iwaya-Ji they torched many temples on the way, like 光明寺 Komyo-Ji, and killed the priests.
At that time of the attack, 白馬に乗った天女 a heavenly maiden on a white horse appeared, scooped water from 弁天の井 the Benten Well near the South Gate of Iwaya-Ji and threw it over the burning main hall. The flames soon receded and the main hall was miraculously back in its former shape.
The Kuki army fled in great fear and awe. The "Heavenly Maiden" was 藤島の弁天様 the Benten from Fujishima.

When Kuki Osumi no Kami attacked the temple Iwaya-Ji, many treasures were lost to fire and became ashes.
The three Sanzon statues jumped out of the flames, into the garden and hid in an old plum tree.
To our day, 三尊と梅の木 the Sanzon statues and the old plum tree still exist.

In 1868, at the back mountain of the temple 正衆寺 Shoshu-Ji there were strange flames to be seen dancing around, even on rainy nights.
The villagers were surprized and begun to dig in the area. They found old swords, armour and helmets and begun to venerate them. Soon the flames stopped to appear.
It seems that was a battleground of 九鬼嘉隆 Kuki Yoshitaka, who had killed so many samurai and villagers.

. onibi 鬼火 fire balls at Iwaya-Ji .

- Homepage to temple 岩屋寺 Iwaya-Ji
尾張高野山宗総本山　- Built in 715
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. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 Arms .
at Iwaya-Ji

.................................................................................　Nagano 長野県
東筑摩郡 Higashi-Chikuma district 明科町 Akashina

A village named Naguki 名九鬼
Naguki Akashinahigashikawate, Azumino-shi, Nagano
In Naguki is a 天狗松 Tengu pine, where the Tengu comes to sit on and have a look at the world below.

At 物見岩 Monomi-iwa there lived a demon. He was hit by an arrow of the general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and fled to the village of Naguki, asking for help.
Other versions say his head and tail raised into the sky. The head fell down at Naguki, the tail at 柏尾 Kashio.
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. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 . - (758 - 811)

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和泉市 Izumi

Kukitani, Kukidani 九鬼谷 Kuki valley
There lived a Father Oni and his nine Oni children in the valley.
This Kuki family, living quite secretely in the valley, venerated a Tengu.

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東牟婁郡 Higashi-Muro district 本宮町 Hongu

In Kukimura くきむら / 九鬼村 / 久木村 Kuki village there lived no Oni in former times.
A priest had captured a hiru l蛭 leech and asked him to get rid of the Oni, then he would eventually let him free. So the leech kept eating the Oni. . . .

The ancestors of 永原家 the Nagahara family once got rid of most of the Oni who lived in ヤキオダニ Yakio valley.
But they helped the leader of the Oni to survive. To celebrate with sake rice wine they went to オドリ山 mount Odoriyama.
The Oni liked it and called it 九鬼 "Kuki".

.................................................................................　Yamanashi 山梨県

. Kukiyama 九鬼山の鬼伝説　"Mountain with Nine Demons" .
Mt. Kukiyama is one of the 100 famous mountains of Yamanashi. It is 970 m high.
Once upon a time there lived nine bad demons on Mount Kukiyama.
They stole the food and Sake from the villagers.
And then came Momotaro to drive them out, . . . . .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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