Kamado Pass - Kamado Pass

Japanese: 竈戸関 - かまどぜき

Also written as Kamado Barrier. A medieval sea customs and seaport located in Nagashima, Kaminoseki-cho, Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The name Kamado is said to have come from the resemblance of the topography to a stove. The first appearance of the place name was in the mid-10th century as Kamado Mikuriya, where offerings were made, and at that time it was a base for seafolk who took advantage of the natural good harbor surrounded by the Kumage Peninsula, Sago Island, Uma Island, and Nagashima. At the end of the Heian period, the name Kamado Barrier appears as part of the land of Wakeikazuchi Shrine in Kamigamo, Kyoto, so it is believed that in the late Heian period, it became a sea customs because it was a good harbor and located in a position that controlled the Suo coastal shipping route.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

竈門関とも書く。現在の山口県熊毛郡上関町大字長島にあった中世の海関兼海港。竈戸の呼称は地形が竈に似ているためという。地名としての初見は10世紀半ばに黒作御贄（みにえ）をささげる竈門御厨（みくりや）で，この時代には熊毛半島，佐護島，馬島，長島に囲まれた天然の良港を利した海民の基地であった。平安末には京都上賀茂の別雷（わけいかずち）社領として竈戸関の名が見えるので，平安後期に良港でかつ周防沿岸航路を扼（やく）する位置にあるところから海関となったと思われる。

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