Kanaya (place name) - Kanaya

…With Suo-Oshima (Yashirojima) lying to the southeast, Yanai has long been an important location for maritime traffic. In the Middle Ages, Yanaizu was also a base for trade ships to Ming China, and there were towns in Furuichi and Kanaya, the centers of the port, where metalworkers lived. In the early modern period, it was the Iwakuni territory of the Yoshikawa clan, and salt was produced on the reclaimed land along Yanai Bay, and Yanai cotton was also produced there. …

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…南東前面に周防大島(屋代島)が控え，古くから海上交通の要地であった。中世の楊井津（やないづ）は対明貿易船の基地でもあり，津の中心であった古市，金屋（かなや）には町場があり，鋳物師（いもじ）が集住していた。近世には吉川氏の岩国領で，柳井湾岸の干拓地では製塩が行われ，柳井木綿の産も盛んであった。…

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