Kamachi clan

Japanese: 蒲池氏 - かまちうじ
Kamachi clan

...Located in the center of the southern Chikushi Plain, the northern half is a delta with a dense network of creeks, and the southern half is reclaimed land with a series of levees running like scales, with the entire area being low and flat. The old Yanagawa-cho town in the center of the city developed as a castle town for the local powerful Kamachi clan during the Sengoku period, and was the center of southern Chikugo. During the Meiji period, the Kagoshima Main Line and National Route 3 were built far away, so development stagnated for a time, but in the Showa period, the Saga Line was completed (1935)....

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kamachi clan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…筑紫平野南部の中心に位置し,北半はクリーク網の密な三角州,南半は堤防列がうろこ状に走る干拓地で,全域が低平である。中心市街の旧柳河町は戦国時代この地の豪族蒲池(かまち)氏の城下町として発達し,筑後南部の中心をなしてきた。明治期からは鹿児島本線や国道3号線などが離れて設けられたため,一時発展が停滞したが,昭和に入って佐賀線の全通(1935。…

※「蒲池氏」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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