Akutsu Riverbank

…In addition, the Katsuri Headworks was built downstream in Katsuri, Moka City, and irrigates approximately 9,400 hectares with irrigation canals from Oiguchi, Ezure, Yoshida, etc. The Kinugawa River was important as a water transportation route in the Middle Ages and early modern times, and Akutsu Riverside (now Takanezawa Town) flourished as a transhipment port for rice and charcoal from Aizu and other places, and Mitsukaido developed as a riverside for water transportation on the Kinugawa River. In 1629 (Kan'ei 6), the Kokai River was separated, and several excavations were made from 1621 (Genna 7) to 1654 (Shoo 3), making the Kinugawa River a tributary of the Tone River, which was a groundbreaking change in its course. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in "Akutsugashi" are listed below.

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…また，下流部の真岡市勝瓜（かつうり）には勝瓜頭首工が建設され，大井口，江連，吉田などの用水で約9400haを灌漑している。　鬼怒川は中近世には水上交通路として重要であり，阿久津河岸(現，高根沢町)は会津などからの廻米や木炭などの積換港として栄え，水海道（みつかいどう）は鬼怒川水運の河岸として発達した。1629年(寛永6)小貝川を分離し，1621年(元和7)から54年(承応3)にいたる数次の開削で鬼怒川が利根川の支流となったことは，画期的な流路変更であった。…

※「阿久津河岸」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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