Arimine

A district in the southeast of Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. Located at the source of the Wada River, a tributary of the Joganji River, the residents worship Mt. Yakushi (2,926 meters) in an isolated mountain basin and make a living by growing millet, buckwheat, and bracken flour. It is said that during the Sengoku period, Nakachiyama Castle on the left bank of the Joganji River fell to the Uesugi forces, and the Kawakami clan fled to Arimine and lived here. In 1921 (Taisho 10), Toyama Prefecture purchased the entire basin with plans to build a dam, and the residents were dispersed to various places. Construction of the dam was halted during the war, and when Arimine Dam was completed in 1959 (Showa 34), the residents sank to the bottom of the lake. At Otawa Pass, there is a literary monument to Nakagawa Yoichi's "Heavenly Yugao."

[Saburo Fukai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

富山県富山市の東南部にある地区。常願寺(じょうがんじ)川の支流和田川源流に位置し、住民は隔絶した山間盆地に薬師岳（2926メートル）を信仰し、ヒエ、ソバ、ワラビ粉をつくって生活していた。有峰は、戦国時代常願寺川左岸の中地山(なかちやま)城が上杉勢のため落城し、川上氏一族がこの地に逃れ住んだものといわれる。1921年（大正10）富山県がダムをつくる予定で盆地全域を買収したため、住民は各地に離散した。ダム建設工事は戦争で中止、1959年（昭和34）有峰ダムが完成し、湖底に没した。大多和峠に中河与一の『天の夕顔』文学碑がある。

［深井三郎］

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