The former name of the town (Itakura-machi) was in Nakakubiki-gun, southwest of Niigata Prefecture. It is currently part of Joetsu City. It was incorporated as a town in 1958 (Showa 33). In 2005 (Heisei 17), it was incorporated into Joetsu City along with Yasuzuka-cho, Kakizaki-cho, Ogata-cho, Yoshikawa-cho, Nadachi-cho, Uragawara-mura, Oshima-mura, Maki-mura, Kubiki-mura, Nakago-mura, Kiyosato-mura, and Sanwa-mura. The former town area is located at the mouth of a valley in the Takada Plains, and the Okuma River flows through it. The Hari district, located 5 km from Arai Station on the nearby Echigo Tokimeki Railway (formerly the JR Shinetsu Main Line), is a strategic point on the Iiyama Kaido road and prospered as a rural town. The Higashiyama-ji district, located in the southeastern hills at the center of the Keinan grain belt, flourished as a sacred place of mountain Buddhism in the Middle Ages, and is home to Yamadera Yakushi and the mausoleum and memorial hall of Eshinni (wife of Shinran). [Hisao Yamazaki] [References] | | | | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
新潟県南西部、中頸城郡(なかくびきぐん)にあった旧町名(板倉町(まち))。現在は、上越市(じょうえつし)の一地区。1958年(昭和33)町制施行。2005年(平成17)安塚(やすづか)町、柿崎(かきざき)町、大潟(おおがた)町、吉川(よしかわ)町、名立(なだち)町、浦川原(うらがわら)村、大島(おおしま)村、牧(まき)村、頸城(くびき)村、中郷(なかごう)村、清里(きよさと)村、三和(さんわ)村とともに、上越市に編入。旧町域は、高田平野の谷口に位置し、大熊川が流れる。近くを走るえちごトキめき鉄道(旧、JR信越本線)新井駅から5キロメートルにある針(はり)地区は、飯山街道(いいやまかいどう)の要衝で、在郷町として繁栄した。また、頸南(けいなん)穀倉地帯の中心で、南東丘陵にある東山寺(ひがしやまてら)地区は中世、山岳仏教の聖地として栄え、山寺薬師や、恵信尼(えしんに)(親鸞(しんらん)の妻)廟(びょう)や記念館がある。 [山崎久雄] [参照項目] | | | | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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