Great New Opening - Oshingai

...A salt field built in the Edo period in what is now Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. In Shimoichi Village, Takehara, Kamo County, Aki Province, Oshingai was reclaimed under the leadership of the county magistrate Suzuki Shiroemon from February 1646 to the following year, but it was decided to convert part of it into a salt field, and two engineers were invited from Ako in Banshu to build a salt field as a trial. This was a success, so in 1650 (Keian 3), 31 houses were built along the offshore entrance of Oshingai (known as Keian no Furuhama), and in 1652 (Shoo 1), 67 new houses were added to the new Shinkai, bringing the total to 98 houses.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸時代，現在の広島県竹原市につくられた入浜塩田。安芸国賀茂郡竹原下市（しもいち）村では1646年(正保3)2月から翌年にかけ，郡代官鈴木四郎右衛門主導下に大新開（おおしんがい）が干拓されたが，その一部を塩田に改築することになり，播州赤穂から2人の技術者を招いて塩浜1軒を試作した。これが成功したので50年(慶安3)大新開の沖口沿いに31軒を築造し(慶安の古浜と呼ばれる)，さらに52年(承応1)あらたに新開の中に新浜67軒を増築，98軒となった。…

※「大新開」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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