Ashigara Pass - Ashigara Pass

Japanese: 足柄関 - あしがらのせき

A checkpoint established on the ancient official road of Ashigara Pass (Ashigara Pass) in Sagami Province. It is believed to have been located near the border with Shizuoka Prefecture, west of the current Minamiashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 899, Kozuke Province, which was troubled by bandit uprisings within the country, applied to Sagami Province for the establishment of a checkpoint to check on them, and the application was granted. Ashigara Checkpoint was established on Ashigara Pass at the same time as Usui Checkpoint on the Tosan Road. In the following year, 900, passage was permitted with a checkpoint. The Shokado-ki states that Taira no Masakado ordered the strengthening of both Ashigara and Usui checkpoints in preparation for an attack by the Imperial Court's forces on Bando, and the checkpoints were considered important military and security bases at the entrance to Bando. It seems to have been abolished in the early Kamakura period, and the Asukai Wakashu contains the lines, "Ashigara no yama no sekimori inishie wa arimoyashiken ato da ni nani." However, in 1221, during the Jōkyū War, there was discussion of fortifying the Ashigara and Hakone checkpoints, and it is possible that temporary checkpoints were established thereafter.

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Japanese:

古代の官道である相模国足柄坂（足柄峠）に設置された関所。現神奈川県南足柄市西方の静岡県との境付近にあったとみられる。899年，国内での群盗蜂起に苦慮した上野国は，その検問のために相模国とはかって関の設置を申請し認められ，東山(とうさん)道碓氷(うすい)坂と同時に，足柄坂に足柄関が置かれた。翌900年には過所(かしょ)をもっての通行が認められた。《将門記》には坂東への朝廷軍の来攻に備え足柄・碓氷の両関を固めるよう平将門が命じたとあり，坂東の入口に位置する軍事・警備上の拠点として重視された。鎌倉時代前期には廃絶していたらしく，《明日香井和歌集》には〈あしがらのやまのせきもりいにしえはありもやしけんあとだにもなし〉などと詠まれている。だが1221年，承久の乱の際には足柄・箱根両関を固めることが論議されており，以後も臨時の関が設けられた可能性もある。

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