Kasakakeno - Kasakakeno

Japanese: 笠懸野 - かさかけの
Kasakakeno - Kasakakeno

This is the old name of Omama Alluvial Fan, created by the old course of the Watarase River in eastern Gunma Prefecture. There is a legend that the name comes from the "Kasakake" horseback archery of medieval samurai, and that in 1333 (Ganko 3/Shokei 2), when Nitta Yoshisada raised his army, he passed through the Kasakakeno wilderness on his way to Kamakura. The gently sloping land is about 60 to 170 meters above sea level, and the thick gravel layer and low groundwater level made it difficult to get water, making it a barren area. It was developed in 1669 (Kanbun 9) when the magistrate Okanoue Kageyoshi built the Okanobori Weir by drawing water from the Watarase River from Kabucho (now Kiryu City) at the top of the fan. After World War II, the remaining flatland forests were converted into farmland, which is now used for vegetable farming, although the amount of residential land is also increasing.

[Murakami Sadao]

[Reference item] | Kasakake

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

群馬県東部、渡良瀬(わたらせ)川の旧流路がつくった大間々扇状地(おおまませんじょうち)の古称。地名の由来は、中世武士の騎射「笠懸」によるとの伝説があり、1333年(元弘3・正慶2)新田義貞(にったよしさだ)挙兵のとき笠懸野の原野を経て鎌倉に進んだという。標高60~170メートル内外の緩傾斜地で、礫(れき)層が厚く地下水位が低くて水に不便なため、荒蕪(こうぶ)地であった。1669年(寛文9)代官岡上景能(おかのぼりかげよし)が扇頂の蕪町(かぶちょう)(現、桐生(きりゅう)市)から渡良瀬川の水を引いて岡登堰(おかのぼりぜき)をつくってから開発された。第二次世界大戦後、残存していた平地林も畑地化して、いまは野菜の農耕地であるが、宅地も増加している。

[村木定雄]

[参照項目] | 笠懸

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