...the name of the area centered on the transportation terminal near JR Osaka Station in Kita Ward, Osaka City. In the early 18th century, Sonezaki Shinchi was established at the northern end of Osaka Sango and came to be called "Kita." However, when Osaka Station was opened in 1874, it was a rice paddy area in Sonezaki Village, Nishinari County. From Osaka [City]...The topography of Osaka consists of the alluvial lowlands created by the Yodo River and the Yamato River, and the Uemachi Plateau. The Uemachi Plateau is a long, narrow peninsula-like plateau stretching south from the vicinity of Osaka Castle. The northern part of the plateau facing the Yodo River was the site of the ancient Naniwa-kyo and Shitennoji Temple, the late medieval Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, and the early modern Osaka Castle, and has been the core of Osaka's long urban history. On the north and west sides of the plateau, a belt of slight elevations called sandbars stretches from Tenma through Senba and Shimanouchi to Namba and Kohama. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Kita (place name)" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…大阪市北区のJR大阪駅付近の交通ターミナルを中心とする地区名。18世紀初めに大坂三郷の北端に曾根崎新地が置かれて〈キタ〉と呼ばれるようになったが,1874年大阪駅が開設された時は,西成郡曾根崎村の水田地帯であった。… 【大阪[市]】より…地形は,淀川と大和(やまと)川がつくった沖積低地と上町台地によって構成される。上町台地は大坂城付近から南へ向かって細長く半島状につづく台地で,淀川に臨む台地北部は,古代の難波(なにわ)京と四天王寺,中世後期の石山本願寺,近世の大坂城が立地して,大阪の長い都市史における中核をなしてきた。台地の北側と西側には,天満から船場,島之内を経て難波(なんば),粉浜(こはま)にかけて,砂州と呼ばれる微高地が帯状に伸びている。… ※「北(地名)」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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