"Isonohama Bushi" - Isonohama Bushi

...Later it became part of Ibaraki County, and is now the central part of Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County. During the Edo Period, it was the leading fishing town within the Mito Domain, and from early on it was known for its sardine fishing using large net reeling, but it was also known for its dried bonito flakes, known as "Isonohama-bushi." As there were many fishing boats coming and going, in 1688 (Genroku 1) during the reign of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the feudal lord, a brothel, commonly called a laundry house, was officially licensed in Iwai-machi at the mouth of the Naka River, and it became bustling.

*Some of the terminology used in "Isonohama Bushi" is listed below.

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…のち茨城郡に所属し，現在は東茨城郡大洗町の中心部分を占める。江戸時代，漁業では水戸領内で首位を占め，早くから大網繰による鰯漁が盛んであったが，〈磯ノ浜節〉として鰹節でも知られた。漁船の出入りが多かったので，88年(元禄1)藩主徳川光圀の時代，那珂川河口の祝町に洗濯屋と俗称された遊郭が公許されにぎわった。…

※「《磯ノ浜節》」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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