Kasukabe Tojo

...Remains of the jori system can be seen around Matsukawado, Nakakiri, and Shimojo. In the Middle Ages, this area was collectively known as Kasukabe-Higashijo, and included Ajiki Manor, which was owned by Daigoji Temple, Kashiwai Manor, which was owned by Hachijoin, and Shinoki Manor, which was owned by Chokodo. In the early modern period, villages such as Katsukawa, Toriimatsu, and Utsutsu along the Shimo-kaido (Zenkoji-kaido) prospered as post towns, and new rice fields were developed in the plains with the introduction of the Iruka irrigation canal (1633) and the Shinkotsu irrigation canal (1664).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kasukabe Tojo" is listed below.

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…条里制の遺構は松河戸，中切，下条付近にみられる。中世にこの地域は春日部東条と総称され，醍醐寺領安食（あじき）荘，八条院領柏井荘，長講堂領篠木荘などがあった。近世には下街道(善光寺街道)沿いの勝川，鳥居松，内津（うつつ）村などは宿場として栄え，平野部は入鹿（いるか）用水(1633)，新木津（しんこつつ）用水(1664)の導入による新田開発が行われた。…

※「春日部東条」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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