Kugahongo

…In the Middle Ages, it was called Kugasho and was a manor of the Chokodo domain in Kyoto. In the early modern period, it was called Kugahongo and belonged to the Iwakuni domain of the Hagi domain. The central settlement stretches along the Sanyo road near the center of the alluvial fan of the Minami River, a tributary of the Shimada River, and developed as a post station and market town. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kuka Hongo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中世は玖珂荘といい，京都の長講堂領の荘園であった。近世には玖珂本郷と称し，萩藩岩国領に属した。中心集落は島田川の支流水無川扇状地の扇央付近に山陽道沿いに細長く連なり，宿駅，市場町として発達した。…

※「玖珂本郷」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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