Ichijima Family - Ichijimake

Japanese: 市島家 - いちじまけ

...There are more than 30 inns and hotels. It is also close to the mansion of the wealthy Ichishima family, who became large landowners through the development of new fields around Fukushimagata. It is about a 10-minute bus ride from Tsukioka Station on the Uetsu Main Line.

From Toyoura Town

…Most of the cultivated land was reclaimed in the early modern period as part of the new rice paddy development of the Shibata Domain. The Ichijima family in Tenno owned vast tracts of cultivated land through a contract for the development of Fukushimagata, and by the end of the Taisho period had become one of the largest landowners in the country. Tsukioka Onsen, discovered during the Taisho period, was the closest hot spring resort to Niigata City and was bustling, with ski resorts and golf courses nearby. …

From Fukushimagata

...As a result, Shimamigata was reclaimed, and by 1832 (Tenpo 3), about 1,500 hectares of Fukushimagata had been reclaimed, leaving only a portion of it. The development of new fields led to the concentration of land in the hands of the landowners involved in the project, and the Ichishima family became one of the largest landowners in Echigo. In 1913, the Kajigawa River diversion channel was completed, and in 1925, work was completed to separate the Araigogawa River from the Agano River and direct it into the Sea of Japan, and in 1961, a powered drainage station was established on the Araigogawa River. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…30軒余の旅館，ホテルがある。福島潟周辺の新田開発により大地主化した豪農市島家の邸宅にも近い。羽越本線月岡駅からバスで約10分。…

【豊浦[町]】より

…耕地の大半は近世，新発田藩の新田開発によって造成された。天王にある市島家は福島潟開発の請負により広大な耕地を所有し，大正末には全国でも屈指の大地主となった。大正年間に発見された月岡温泉は，新潟市から最も近い温泉地としてにぎわい，付近にはスキー場，ゴルフ場もある。…

【福島潟】より

…これにより島見潟は干拓され，福島潟も一部を残し1832年(天保3)までに約1500haが干拓された。新田開発は事業にたずさわった地主への土地の集中を生み，市島家は越後有数の大地主となった。　1913年には加治川分水路が完成，25年には新井郷川を阿賀野川から切り離し直接日本海へ落とす工事が完成，61年には新井郷川に動力排水機場が設けられた。…

※「市島家」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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