Idagawaura

Japanese: 井田川浦 - いたがわうら
Idagawaura

...In the early modern period, it prospered as a post town on the Hama-kaido road. The lowlands in the east are rice paddy areas, and Idagawaura, downstream of the Miyata River, was reclaimed between 1921 and 1936, creating about 180 hectares of rice paddies. In the Meiji period, there was a silk weaving industry established as a means of employment for the samurai class, known as Soma Habutae, but in the 1960s many factories converted to rayon weaving and other products. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近世は浜街道の宿場町として栄えた。東部の低地は水田地帯で,宮田川下流の井田川浦は1921‐36年に干拓され約180haの水田となっている。明治期に士族授産として始められた絹織物工業があり,相馬羽二重として知られるが,60年代にレーヨン織物などに転換した工場が多い。…

※「井田川浦」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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