Izuruhara

Japanese: 出流原 - いずるはら

…Most of the town area is located in the mountains of the Ashio Mountains, and borders Sano City and Ashikaga City to the south. The central settlement, Tanuma, is a valley-mouth settlement located at the apex of the Izuruhara alluvial fan formed by the Hata River and Akiyama River, tributaries of the Watarase River, and was the center of Sano Manor in the Middle Ages. Lacquerware and clay roofing tiles have been manufactured as local industries since the Edo period, and from the 1900s, contract weaving in Ashikaga and Sano spread. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…町域の大半は足尾山地の山間を占め，南は佐野市，足利市に接する。中心集落の田沼は渡良瀬川の支流旗川，秋山川がつくる複合扇状地出流原（いずるはら）の扇頂に位置する谷口集落で，中世には佐野荘の中心であった。江戸時代から地場産業として漆器や粘土瓦の製造が行われてきたが，明治40年代からは足利･佐野機業の賃機が広まった。…

※「出流原」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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