Karigane Tsutsumi

Japanese: 雁堤 - かりがねづつみ

...Former name of the province. Suruga. Located in the central-eastern part of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, east of the Oi River, excluding the Izu Peninsula.
[Ancient times]
Kami Province (Engishiki) belonging to the Tokaido. The name Suruga is thought to have inherited the name of "Tsuruga Province" located in the area east of the Fuji River. Suruga Province was formed in the mid-7th century by combining the territories of Tsuruga Kuni no Miyatsuko and Iohara Kuni no Miyatsuko, and in 680 (Tenmu 9), two districts were separated to create Izu Province. It had seven districts: Shida, Mashiko (Tsu), Uto, Abe, Iohara, Fuji, and Suruga. It was originally part of the Chugoku region, but by 768 (Jingo Keiun 2) at the end of the Nara period, it had become Kami Province.

From [Fujikawa]

… The Fuji River is a rapid river and carries a large amount of sediment, and has long been plagued by floods. Some of the embankments still remain today, including the Shingen embankment, built by Takeda Shingen to protect the Kofu Basin from the rapids of the Midai River, and the Karigane embankment, built in the early modern period by Suruga Province magistrate Furugoori Magodayu Shigemasa and his son Bun'emon Shigetoshi to develop Kashima Shinden (present-day Fuji City). Between 1925 and 1929, the Sewari embankment was constructed to lower the confluence of the Kamanashi River and Fuefuki River by about 2.7 km downstream. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kan-tei" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旧国名。駿州。現在の静岡県の中東部，大井川以東，伊豆半島を除く地域に位置する。
【古代】
　東海道に属する上国(《延喜式》)。国名スルガは，富士川以東の地域にあった〈珠流河国〉の名を継承したものと思われる。珠流河国造と廬原（いおはら）国造の支配領域をあわせて駿河国が形成されるのは7世紀中葉と思われ，680年(天武9)には2郡を割いて伊豆国を分置した。志太（しだ），益頭(津)（ましつ），有度（うと），安倍，廬原，富士，駿河の7郡を有し，当初は中国であったが，奈良時代末の768年(神護景雲2)ころまでには上国に転じた。…

【富士川】より

…　富士川は急流に加え土砂運搬量が多く，長く洪水に悩まされてきた。武田信玄が甲府盆地を御勅使（みだい）川の激流から守るために築造した信玄堤や，近世初期に駿州代官古郡孫太夫重政とその子文右衛門重年が加島新田(現，富士市)開発のため築いた雁（かりがね）堤などは今日も残されている。1925‐29年には釜無川と笛吹川の合流点を約2.7km下流に下げる背割堤が設けられた。…

※「雁堤」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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