Imai Irrigation Canal

Japanese: 今井用水 - いまいようすい
Imai Irrigation Canal

… Fujiwara no Michinaga's Katsura Villa is particularly famous, and Katsura Imperial Villa, built in the early modern period by two generations of Hachijonomiya Princes Tomohito and Tomotada, was built on the site of Michinaga's villa. The Katsura River has been used for agricultural water since the time of the Hata clan, and it is well known that the eleven districts of Nishioka, which are involved in the Imai Waterway, signed a contract and swore to abide by the waterway rules (during the Nanboku-cho period), but disputes have often arisen since. In the early modern period, in 1606 (Keicho 11), Suminokura Ryoi excavated the Hozukyo Gorge with the permission of the shogunate, and it began to be used as a waterway for transporting firewood and charcoal from Tanba. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Imai Irrigation Canal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ことに藤原道長の桂山荘は著名で,近世初期,八条宮智仁・智忠親王2代にわたって造営された桂離宮は,道長の山荘跡を利用したものである。桂川は秦氏の昔より農業用水として用いられ,なかでも今井用水にかかわる西岡11ヵ郷が契約を結び,用水の掟の順守を誓い合ったこと(南北朝期)はよく知られているが,その後争論もしばしば起こっている。近世初頭,1606年(慶長11),角倉了以は,幕府の許可を得て保津峡の開削を行い,丹波からの薪炭などの運搬水路として利用されるようになった。…

※「今井用水」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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