Kawasoe

The former name of a town (Kawasoe-machi) in Saga County, at the southeastern edge of Saga Prefecture. The area now occupies the southern edge of Saga City. The former Kawasoe-machi was renamed Kawasoe-machi in 1955 (Showa 30) when Minamikawasoe-machi and the two villages of Nakagawasoe and Odakuma merged. In 1956, Nishikawasoe-mura was incorporated. In 2007 (Heisei 19), it was incorporated into Saga City along with the towns of Kubota and Higashiyoka. There is a bus service from JR Saga Station. It is a mountainless reclaimed land that stretches to the west of the Fukuoka Prefecture border at the mouth of the Chikugo River, in the inner part of Ariake Bay. The name Kawasoe comes from the medieval Kawasoe Sho. The northernmost area around Nanri and Yonotsu is said to be the coastline from the end of the Kamakura period, with reclaimed land such as Komori and Karamina opening up like scales. In the early Edo period, Otakuma Island and Ono Island, which were reclaimed land formed on the sandbar at the mouth of the Chikugo River, became disputed territory between the Hizen Saga Domain and the Chikugo Yanagawa Domain. At the tip of the island, Heiwa Kara and Kokuzo reclaimed land, Saga Airport opened in 1998 (Heisei 10). The offshore area is a representative seaweed farming area in the Ariake Sea. In addition to seaweed, rice, and wheat cultivation, the area is also aiming to diversify its agriculture into greenhouse horticulture and dairy farming. There is a prefectural agricultural college and a prefectural agricultural experiment station. Hayatsue is an area associated with the Saga Domain's navy, where the Mietsu Naval Dock was established. Kaido Shrine is located in Inui-do, the center of the village. The unique houses with square roofs that have a funnel-shaped depression in the middle, called "Jogodani," have attracted attention, and the Yamaguchi family residence in Otakuma is a nationally designated important cultural property.

[Shigeru Kawasaki]

"Kawasoe Town Journal (1979, Kawasoe Town)"

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佐賀県南東端、佐賀郡にあった旧町名（川副町(まち)）。現在は佐賀市の南端を占める地域。旧川副町は1955年（昭和30）南川副町と、中川副、大詫間(おおだくま)の2村が合併して川副町と改称。1956年西川副村を編入。2007年（平成19）久保田、東与賀(ひがしよか)の2町とともに佐賀市に編入。JR佐賀駅からバスの便がある。有明(ありあけ)海湾奥部、筑後川(ちくごがわ)河口の福岡県境西側に広がる山のない干拓地。川副の名は中世の河副庄(しょう)に由来する。北端の南里(なんり)、米納津(よのつ)付近が鎌倉末期の海岸線とされ、籠(こもり)、搦(からみ)名などの干拓地が鱗(うろこ)状に開ける。江戸前期、筑後川河口中州に生成した干拓の大詫間島、大野島は、肥前(ひぜん)佐賀藩と筑後柳河(やながわ)藩の係争地ともなった。先端の平和搦、国造(こくぞう)干拓に、1998年（平成10）佐賀空港が開港した。沖合い一帯は有明海の代表的なノリ養殖漁場。ノリと米・麦作のほか、施設園芸、酪農など農業の多角化も目ざしている。県農業大学校、県農業試験場がある。早津江(はやつえ)は三重津(みえつ)海軍所が設けられた佐賀藩海軍ゆかりの地。中心集落の犬井道(いぬいどう)には海童神社がある。方形の屋根の中央が漏斗(ろうと)状にへこんだ「漏斗谷(じょうごだに)」の独特な民家が注目され、大詫間の山口家住宅は国指定重要文化財。

［川崎　茂］

『『川副町誌』（1979・川副町）』

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