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…The Yoshioka Copper Mine is known as one of the largest copper mines in Japan, and paper production flourished in the mountainous areas, with the name “Bicchu Danshi” having been well-known since the end of the Kamakura period. The casters of Aso-go (present-day Nishiaso, Soja City), the sacred land of Kibitsu-miya (shrine), contributed to the casting of kettles and temple bells for Kibitsu-miya, but due to their excellent skills, they also produced “Bicchu hoes.” Salt has been produced on the coast, centered around Asakuchi County, since ancient times, but it is nowhere near as much as the salt production in Bizen Kojima and Shodoshima. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asogyo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…吉岡銅山は日本有数の銅山として知られ，山間部では紙生産が盛んで，鎌倉末期ごろから〈備中檀紙（だんし）〉の名が高かった。吉備津宮(神社)の神領阿曾郷(現，総社市西阿曾)の鋳物師（いもじ）は，吉備津宮の釜や梵鐘の鋳造に奉仕したが，その優秀な技術から〈備中鍬〉をも生産した。浅口郡を中心とする沿岸部では，古代以来，塩が生産されたが，備前児島や小豆島の製塩にはとうてい及ばない。…

※「阿曾郷」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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