Izumikizu

Japanese: 泉木津 - いずみきづ

… [Matsubara Hiroshi]
[history]
Located on the south bank of the Kizu River, in ancient times timber transported to Nara was transported from Ujitsu to Ogura Pond, up the Kizu River, and unloaded at Kizu. In ancient times, the Kizu River was called Izumi River, and Kizu was called Izumitsu or Izumikizu, and temples in Nara, including Todaiji Temple, established wooden houses here. On the north bank, Gyoki built Senkyoji Temple and a bridge, but the Sandai Jitsuroku records that the rapid current of the river made the bridge easily destroyed, and floods made the area impassable.

From Kizugawa

...In ancient times, it was called Izumigawa and was a famous poetic place, and was also an important main line of water transportation on the Yodo River. During the Nara period, Izumikizu was used as a base for transporting lumber and cargo, with the wooden buildings of the various great temples of Heijo-kyo established there, and Kuni-kyo was built across both banks of the Kizugawa River (near present-day Reihei in Kamo-cho). During the Edo period, Kizu, Haze, Kamo, and Kasagi flourished as river ports, and were connected by boat to Fushimi, Yodo, Osaka, Amagasaki, and other areas. ...

From [Kimori]

…During the Nara and Heian periods, the construction and repair of large temples and shrines, and the mansions of powerful families, continued without rest, and the accumulation of timber was essential for this. In convenient locations around the country, such as Izumikizu (present-day Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture), lumber storage facilities were established for each powerful family, large temple, and shrine, and lumber guardians were stationed there. For example, the lumber storage facility of Todaiji Temple, located in Izumikizu, was a site of four cho of farmland, and in 1160 (Eiraku 1), three lumber guardians and 15 Yoriudo (members of the temple) lived there and performed temple duties, and it is known that a lumber guardian was placed above them. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Izumikizu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【松原宏】
［歴史］
　木津川の南岸に臨み，古代において奈良へ運ばれる木材は，宇治津から巨椋（おぐら）池を経て木津川をさかのぼり，木津で陸揚げされた。木津川は古代には泉河とよばれ，木津は泉津，泉木津と称され，東大寺をはじめ奈良の寺院はこの地に木屋を設けた。北岸には行基によって泉橋寺が建てられ，橋が架けられたが，《三代実録》には，川の流れが急なため橋梁が破壊されやすく，洪水のたびに通行が不能となったと記している。…

【木津川】より

…古くは泉河と呼ばれて歌枕となり，また淀川水運の重要な幹線であった。奈良時代には泉木津に平城京諸大寺の木屋が設けられて木材や貨物輸送の基地となり，恭仁（くに）京が木津川の両岸(現在の加茂町例幣付近)にまたがって建設された。江戸時代には木津，吐師（はぜ），加茂，笠置が河港として栄え，伏見，淀，大坂，尼崎などと舟運で連絡していた。…

【木守】より

…奈良･平安時代，大寺社や権門勢家の邸宅などの造営，修理がやすむことなく続けられたが，それには材木の集積が不可欠であった。そのような材木の集積場所として，泉木津(現，京都府相楽郡木津町)など各地の交通至便な地点には，各権門，大寺社などの木屋所が設定され，そこに木守が置かれた。例えば泉木津に置かれた東大寺の木屋所は，畠地4町の敷地であったが，1160年(永暦1)には，東大寺の木守3名と15人の寄人（よりうど）が居住し，寺役を務めており，その上に木屋預（きやあずかり）が置かれていたことがわかる。…

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