Kayazu

Japanese: 萱津 - かやづ

A post station on the medieval Kamakura Kaido road in Kaito County, Owari Province. It is located in Jimokuji Town, Kaifu County, Aichi Prefecture (now part of Ama City). It was also called "Kayatsu" or "Kaiitsu". According to the Azuma Kagami, Minamoto no Yoritomo stayed at Kayatsu in 1195, Shogun Fujiwara no Yoritsune in 1238, and Shogun Prince Munetaka in 1252. It seems that it was almost customary for Shoguns of the Kamakura Shogunate to stay here when traveling up or down the country. The 1242 Tokanki Kikou describes the bustle of the post station and the market, saying, "When we passed by the East Post Station in Kayatsu, people from the area gathered" and "Today is a market day." The prostitutes and puppets of Kayatsu were also famous and were written about in songs. However, due to changes in the route of the Kamakura Kaido road and other factors, its necessity gradually diminished, and it fell into decline by the Sengoku period.
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Japanese:

尾張国海東郡にあった中世鎌倉街道の宿駅。現愛知県海部郡甚目寺(じもくじ)町（合併してあま市）のうち。〈かやつ〉〈かいつ〉などともよばれた。《吾妻鏡》によれば1195年には源頼朝，1238年には将軍藤原頼経，1252年には将軍宗尊親王が萱津宿に宿泊しており，鎌倉幕府の将軍の上下向の際には当地を宿泊地とするのがほぼ通例となっていたようである。1242年の《東関紀行》には〈かやつの東宿の前を過ぐれば，そこらの人集まりて〉〈けふは市の日になむ当りたるぞといふなる〉と宿や市の賑わいが記される。また萱津宿の遊女・傀儡(くぐつ)は有名で，歌にも詠まれている。だが鎌倉街道の経路変更などにより必要性が次第に薄れ，戦国期までに衰退した。
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