Kihoku

Japanese: 紀北 - きほく
Kihoku

…Products handled through this trade included soy sauce from Yuasa, vinegar from Kokawaderamonzencho, and lacquerware from Kuroe in Kainan City, of which Kuroe lacquerware still plays an important role today as one of the prefecture's leading traditional industries. During the Edo period, cotton cultivation flourished in the Kinokawa River basin in Kihoku, encouraging the production of cotton textiles made from cotton. Among textiles, in what is now Wakayama City, the monba weave used for the military uniforms of the Kishu domain's samurai at the end of the Edo period was later improved and developed into Kishu flannel, and in the early Meiji period the production of military boots was also encouraged. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これによって扱われた商品には湯浅のしょうゆ,粉河(こかわ)寺門前町の酢,海南市黒江の漆器などがあり,このうち黒江の漆器は,現在でも県内有数の伝統産業として重要な役割を果たしている。江戸時代には紀北の紀ノ川流域ではワタ作が盛んになり,ワタを原料とした綿織物の生産を促した。織物の中で,現在の和歌山市では幕末の紀州藩の武士の軍服に供された紋羽(もんば)織がのちに改良されて紀州ネルに発展し,また明治初年には軍靴の生産も奨励された。…

※「紀北」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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