Ogurusu - Ogurusu

A district in the eastern part of Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City. It is also called "Ogurisu." It is located at the southeastern foot of the Higashiyama mountain range on the western edge of the Yamashina Basin, and the highway leading from Fushimi to Omi passes through it. In June 1582 (Tensho 10), Akechi Mitsuhide, who was defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Yamazaki, met his end here, stabbed by a local bamboo spear on his way to Sakamoto Castle in Omi. The place where he died was called Akechi Yabu, but is now a residential area.

[Takeo Oda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

京都市伏見(ふしみ)区東部の一地区。「おぐりす」ともいう。山科(やましな)盆地西縁の東山(ひがしやま)山地南東麓(ろく)にあたり、伏見から近江(おうみ)に向かう街道が通ずる。1582年（天正10）6月、山崎の合戦で豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉に敗れた明智光秀(あけちみつひで)が、近江の坂本城に逃れる途中、この地で土民の竹槍(たけやり)に刺されて最期を遂げた。その場所を明智藪(やぶ)と称していたが、いまでは宅地化されている。

［織田武雄］

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