Woodworker Shoemon

…One representative example is Yugumokai (present-day Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture). During the Kan'ei era (1624-44), the shogunate magistrate Kozai Yugumo, with the cooperation of Sakai merchant Kijiya Shoemon, developed new fields in the wilderness that stretched eastward from the area around Emperor Nintoku's tomb in Otori County, Izumi Province. The area was originally named Mozushinden, but came to be called Yugumokai after the developer. The area had been developed a long time ago, when old villages stood on the terraces of the diluvial deposits, and the abandoned wasteland between them was opened up to create new fields. …

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…その代表的な一例が夕雲開(現，大阪府堺市)である。寛永年間(1624‐44)，幕府代官高西（こうざい）夕雲が堺の商人木地屋庄右衛門の協力を得て，和泉国大鳥郡の仁徳陵周辺から東にひろがる原野に新田を開発，当初は万代新田（もずしんでん）と名づけたが，開発者の名にちなんで夕雲開と呼ばれるようになった。この地域の開発は古く，洪積層の段丘上に旧来の村々が存在し，その間隙に放置されていた開残荒地が開かれて新田の創設をみた。…

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