Ogaki-juku

...A city in the southwest of Gifu Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1918, and Akasaka Town was incorporated in 1967. Its population is 149,759 (1995). It is located at the end of the Ibi River alluvial fan, at the northern end of the ring zone, which is less than 10 meters above sea level. Ogaki Castle, built during the Sengoku period, was a strategically important location and was repeatedly fought over. The siege during the Battle of Sekigahara is detailed in the Oamu Monogatari. It was a castle town that continued until the end of the Edo period after the Toda clan, a fudai daimyo, was granted 100,000 koku of land in 1635 (Kan'ei 12). It was a post station on the Mino road, and a distribution center for goods with access to Kuwana by boat on the Mizumon River. ...

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…岐阜県の南西部にある市。1918年市制，67年赤坂町を編入。人口14万9759(1995)。揖斐（いび）川扇状地の末端部，標高10m以下の輪中地帯の北端にある。戦国時代に築城された大垣城は戦略上重要な地点であったため争奪戦が繰り返され，関ヶ原の戦の際の籠城は《おあむ物語》に詳しい。1635年(寛永12)譜代大名戸田氏10万石が封ぜられてから幕末まで続いた城下町であり，美濃路の宿場，桑名方面に水門川の舟運が通じる物資の集散地であった。…

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