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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
- Wakasa Kaido, see below -
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Inaba Kaido 因幡街道 Inaba Highway
Connecting Himeji in 兵庫県 Hyogo with 鳥取 Tottori.
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宮本武蔵ゆかりの因幡街道を行く Miyamoto Musashi walked along this road . . .
source and photos : yasu310/inaba-kaidou...
. Sanin Kaido 山陰街道 Sanin Highway, San'in Highway .
11 鳥取宿（鳥取県鳥取市）- Tottori
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- Postal stations along the Inaba Kaido
Himeji 姫路 Hyogo（兵庫県姫路市）
Shikisai 飾西宿（兵庫県姫路市）
Hashisaki 觜崎宿（兵庫県たつの市）
Senbon 千本宿（兵庫県たつの市）
Mikazuki 三日月宿（兵庫県佐用郡佐用町）
Hirafuku 平福宿（兵庫県佐用郡佐用町）
Ohara 大原宿 Okayama （岡山県美作市）
Sakane 坂根宿（岡山県英田郡西粟倉村）
Komagaeri 駒帰宿 Tottori（鳥取県八頭郡智頭町）
Chizu智頭宿（鳥取県八頭郡智頭町）
Mochigase 用瀬宿（鳥取県鳥取市）
Kawara 河原宿（鳥取県鳥取市）
Tottori 鳥取（鳥取県鳥取市）
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Ohara 大原宿
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Chizu 智頭宿
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. Visiting Chizu .
Ishitani Family Residence / 智頭 石谷家住宅
Chizu Orai route 智頭往来ルート
crossing over the pass 志戸坂峠 Shitozaka Toge.
Now National Highway Nr. 373
It was used for Sankin Kotai to Edo by the Lord of 鳥取藩 Tottori Han.
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Shitozaka tunnel
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Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba no kuni)
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called Inshū (因州).
Inaba bordered on Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.
The ancient capital, and the castle town, were at Tottori city. Ube jinja was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.
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Wakasa Kaido 若桜街道 （わかさかいどう) Wakasa Highway
This old highway connects the city of Tottori with nearby 若桜町 Wakasa town.
Now National Highway Nr. 29.
When the road reached Hyogo prefecture, it was named 因幡街道 Inaba Kaido.
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Wakasa (若桜町, Wakasa-chō)
is a town located in 八頭町 Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. ...
Wakasa, located deep in the Chūgoku Mountains, is 95% mountainous. The population of Wakasa is primarily located in mountain villages in a line from the southeast to northwest of the town. Most of the population is located along the Hattō River or its small tributaries.
The town hosts an annual 'Yukigassen', an organised snowball fighting tournament in which up to fifty teams participate. The winners win a trip to participate in the Hokkaido grand tournament.
- - - - - History
- Early history
The mountainous areas of Wakasa do not appear to have supported a population in early Japanese history.
No remains from the Jōmon (14,000 – 300 BCE) or Yayoi 300 BCE – 250 CE) periods have been found in Wakasa. The town had two or three small settlements in the Kofun period (250 – 538). Wakasa became part of Yakami District in Inaba Province early in recorded Japanese history. Settlements in the area are appeared early in the Heian period (794 – 1185), and the name of a village called Wakasa first appear in the historical record this time.
The Yabe clan controlled Wakasa throughout the Heian period to the end of the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). The Yabe built 若桜鬼ヶ城（わかさおにがじょう）Wakasa Onigajo Castle in this period.A The existence of the Yabe clan and Oniga castle are noted in the Taiheiki, a Japanese historical epic written in the late 14th century.
- Later history
Wakasa, located in a richly forested area of the Chūgoku Mountains, was a source of lumber and lumber products from early times. The production of raw timber, planks, charcoal, and firewood is noted as early as the Kamakura period. These products, as well as rice, were transported on the Hattō River for export to other parts of Japan via the Japan Sea.
At the beginning of the Edo period (1603 – 1868) the Tokugawa shogunate developed land for rice paddies in Wakasa as part of a nationwide effort to increase rice production in Japan. The mountainous areas of Wakasa provided extensive irrigation for rice-producing areas in the flatlands of the lower Sendai River, but Wakasa suffered frequent flooding from the Hattō River, notably in 1815 and 1888.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 Wakasa became part of the newly formed Tottori Prefecture. The town was officially incorporated under administrative reforms by the Meiji government in 1889.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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remains of 若桜鬼ヶ城 Wakasa Onigajo Castle
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因幡 - 伯耆のみち - 檮原街道 Inaba, Hōki / Hoki no Michi, Yusuhara Kaido
司馬遼太郎「街道をゆく」Ryōtarō Shiba Ryotaro
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
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. The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎 .
................................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県
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智頭 Chizu
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once a child was bewitched by a fox. A Buddhist priest performed rituals and blew his horagaiホラ貝 conch shell during the whole night.
Next morning the child was dead.
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Seirenka no matsu 正蓮塚の松
山伏松ともいう。智頭橋の惣門のところにあり、花房彌次郎という侍の住むところにあった。彌次郎の夢に山伏が成仏できないから供養してくれと告げたので、龍峯寺の提宗和尚に供養してもらったところ、怪異も消えたという。
Chizubashi bridge智頭橋 in Tottori, over the river 袋川 Fukurogawa - one of the 100 famous bridges of Japan.
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. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree .
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岩美郡 Iwami district
namazu 鯰
多鯰ヶ池には、むかし大鯰が住んでいた。口の幅は２間あり、かつて数人が船でこの池を渡っていたとき、その大鯰が口を開けて船を飲み込もうとしたことがある。またこの池には、頭だけが大きくて胴から尾はひょろひょろとした珍しい鰻も住んでいる。
. namazu なまず / 鯰 the catfish - der Wels .
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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
43 因幡 (01)
池に関する因幡の伝説 Legends from Inaba related to ponds and lakes
徳田貞一
因幡若桜の民俗 Tales from Inaba Wakasa
六信仰
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春灯の因幡の宿の茶粥かな
shuntoo no Inaba no yado no chagayu kana
lamplight in spring
at a lodging in Inaba eating rice gruel
cooked with tea . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve
いちろ Ichiro
. shuntoo 春燈 (しゅんとう) lamplight in spring .
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. kaidoo 街道と伝説 Legends about the old Kaido highways .
. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
. 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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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
- Wakasa Kaido, see below -
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Inaba Kaido 因幡街道 Inaba Highway
Connecting Himeji in 兵庫県 Hyogo with 鳥取 Tottori.
宮本武蔵ゆかりの因幡街道を行く Miyamoto Musashi walked along this road . . .
source and photos : yasu310/inaba-kaidou...
. Sanin Kaido 山陰街道 Sanin Highway, San'in Highway .
11 鳥取宿（鳥取県鳥取市）- Tottori
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- Postal stations along the Inaba Kaido
Himeji 姫路 Hyogo（兵庫県姫路市）
Shikisai 飾西宿（兵庫県姫路市）
Hashisaki 觜崎宿（兵庫県たつの市）
Senbon 千本宿（兵庫県たつの市）
Mikazuki 三日月宿（兵庫県佐用郡佐用町）
Hirafuku 平福宿（兵庫県佐用郡佐用町）
Ohara 大原宿 Okayama （岡山県美作市）
Sakane 坂根宿（岡山県英田郡西粟倉村）
Komagaeri 駒帰宿 Tottori（鳥取県八頭郡智頭町）
Chizu智頭宿（鳥取県八頭郡智頭町）
Mochigase 用瀬宿（鳥取県鳥取市）
Kawara 河原宿（鳥取県鳥取市）
Tottori 鳥取（鳥取県鳥取市）
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Ohara 大原宿
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Chizu 智頭宿
. Visiting Chizu .
Ishitani Family Residence / 智頭 石谷家住宅
Chizu Orai route 智頭往来ルート
crossing over the pass 志戸坂峠 Shitozaka Toge.
Now National Highway Nr. 373
It was used for Sankin Kotai to Edo by the Lord of 鳥取藩 Tottori Han.
Shitozaka tunnel
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- quote -
Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba no kuni)
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called Inshū (因州).
Inaba bordered on Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.
The ancient capital, and the castle town, were at Tottori city. Ube jinja was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Wakasa Kaido 若桜街道 （わかさかいどう) Wakasa Highway
This old highway connects the city of Tottori with nearby 若桜町 Wakasa town.
Now National Highway Nr. 29.
When the road reached Hyogo prefecture, it was named 因幡街道 Inaba Kaido.
- quote -
Wakasa (若桜町, Wakasa-chō)
is a town located in 八頭町 Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. ...
Wakasa, located deep in the Chūgoku Mountains, is 95% mountainous. The population of Wakasa is primarily located in mountain villages in a line from the southeast to northwest of the town. Most of the population is located along the Hattō River or its small tributaries.
The town hosts an annual 'Yukigassen', an organised snowball fighting tournament in which up to fifty teams participate. The winners win a trip to participate in the Hokkaido grand tournament.
- - - - - History
- Early history
The mountainous areas of Wakasa do not appear to have supported a population in early Japanese history.
No remains from the Jōmon (14,000 – 300 BCE) or Yayoi 300 BCE – 250 CE) periods have been found in Wakasa. The town had two or three small settlements in the Kofun period (250 – 538). Wakasa became part of Yakami District in Inaba Province early in recorded Japanese history. Settlements in the area are appeared early in the Heian period (794 – 1185), and the name of a village called Wakasa first appear in the historical record this time.
The Yabe clan controlled Wakasa throughout the Heian period to the end of the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). The Yabe built 若桜鬼ヶ城（わかさおにがじょう）Wakasa Onigajo Castle in this period.A The existence of the Yabe clan and Oniga castle are noted in the Taiheiki, a Japanese historical epic written in the late 14th century.
- Later history
Wakasa, located in a richly forested area of the Chūgoku Mountains, was a source of lumber and lumber products from early times. The production of raw timber, planks, charcoal, and firewood is noted as early as the Kamakura period. These products, as well as rice, were transported on the Hattō River for export to other parts of Japan via the Japan Sea.
At the beginning of the Edo period (1603 – 1868) the Tokugawa shogunate developed land for rice paddies in Wakasa as part of a nationwide effort to increase rice production in Japan. The mountainous areas of Wakasa provided extensive irrigation for rice-producing areas in the flatlands of the lower Sendai River, but Wakasa suffered frequent flooding from the Hattō River, notably in 1815 and 1888.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 Wakasa became part of the newly formed Tottori Prefecture. The town was officially incorporated under administrative reforms by the Meiji government in 1889.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
remains of 若桜鬼ヶ城 Wakasa Onigajo Castle
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因幡 - 伯耆のみち - 檮原街道 Inaba, Hōki / Hoki no Michi, Yusuhara Kaido
司馬遼太郎「街道をゆく」Ryōtarō Shiba Ryotaro
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
. The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎 .
................................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県
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智頭 Chizu
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once a child was bewitched by a fox. A Buddhist priest performed rituals and blew his horagaiホラ貝 conch shell during the whole night.
Next morning the child was dead.
- - - - -
Seirenka no matsu 正蓮塚の松
山伏松ともいう。智頭橋の惣門のところにあり、花房彌次郎という侍の住むところにあった。彌次郎の夢に山伏が成仏できないから供養してくれと告げたので、龍峯寺の提宗和尚に供養してもらったところ、怪異も消えたという。
Chizubashi bridge智頭橋 in Tottori, over the river 袋川 Fukurogawa - one of the 100 famous bridges of Japan.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree .
.......................................................................
岩美郡 Iwami district
namazu 鯰
多鯰ヶ池には、むかし大鯰が住んでいた。口の幅は２間あり、かつて数人が船でこの池を渡っていたとき、その大鯰が口を開けて船を飲み込もうとしたことがある。またこの池には、頭だけが大きくて胴から尾はひょろひょろとした珍しい鰻も住んでいる。
. namazu なまず / 鯰 the catfish - der Wels .
..............................................................................................................................................
- reference : nichibun yokai database -
43 因幡 (01)
池に関する因幡の伝説 Legends from Inaba related to ponds and lakes
徳田貞一
因幡若桜の民俗 Tales from Inaba Wakasa
六信仰
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春灯の因幡の宿の茶粥かな
shuntoo no Inaba no yado no chagayu kana
lamplight in spring
at a lodging in Inaba eating rice gruel
cooked with tea . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve
いちろ Ichiro
. shuntoo 春燈 (しゅんとう) lamplight in spring .
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. kaidoo 街道と伝説 Legends about the old Kaido highways .
. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
. 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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[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
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