Kaizu Nishihama

…It is the starting point of the Seven Ri Half Pass to Tsuruga in Echizen, and is located on the highway connecting Kinai and Hokuriku. Lake transportation with Otsu and Katata in the south of the lake was opened early on, and it was known as a key port in the north of the lake. Historical documents from the Middle Ages refer to "ten villages on Kaizu Higashihama, eleven villages on Kaizu Nishihama" and "Kaizu Higashi(hama)sho, Kaizu Nishi(hama)sho." Kaizu Higashihama is the present-day Kaizu, and Kaizu Nishihama is the present-day Nishihama, and it seems that this area was called Kaizusho. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…越前敦賀に至る七里半越の起点であり，畿内と北陸を結ぶ街道に位置し，湖南の大津，堅田との湖上交通は早くから開けて，湖北の要港として知られていた。中世の史料には〈海津東浜十ヵ村，海津西浜十一ヵ村〉とか，〈海津東(浜)荘　海津西(浜)荘〉とみえている。海津東浜は現在の海津，海津西浜は現在の西浜で，このあたりを称して海津荘といっていたようである。…

※「海津西浜」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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