Ujigo (Kyoto)

...It was also an important area militarily, and was the subject of struggle during the Genpei War and the Jōkyū War (Battle of the Uji River). [Inoue Mitsuro] In the early modern period, it became a town centered on the tea industry, and the valley-guchi settlement developed on both banks of the north-flowing Uji River, called Uji-go. The right bank is divided into Uji County and the left bank into Kuse County, but the left bank developed more rapidly, and is often lumped together with Kuse County Uji-go. ...

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…軍事的にも重要な地であり，源平合戦，承久の乱などで争奪の対象となった(宇治川の戦)。【井上 満郎】　近世には茶業中心の在郷町となり，北流する宇治川の両岸に発展した谷口集落で，宇治郷とよぶ。右岸は宇治郡，左岸は久世郡に分かれるが，左岸の発展が著しく，久世郡宇治郷と一括されることが多い。…

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