Otsuguchi - Otsuguchi

…One of the Seven Entrances of Kyoto, located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. It is an exit from Kyoto City to the Tokaido and Tosando roads, and refers to the area from Sanjo Shirakawa Bridge to the foot of Kujoyama, and is also known as the Sanjo Entrance or the Otsu Entrance. In the Wamyō Ruijūshō, it is written as “Kamiawata-go and Shimoawata-go in Atago County, Yamashiro Province,” and it was called the Awata Entrance because it passed through Awata-go. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Otsuguchi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…京都市東山区にある京都七口の一つ。京中から東海道･東山道への出口で，三条白川橋から九条山のふもとまでを指し，別名三条口，大津口ともいう。《和名類聚抄》に，〈山城国愛宕郡上粟田郷･下粟田郷〉とあり，粟田郷を抜けるので粟田口と称した。…

※「大津口」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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