Kinome Pass - Kinometoge

A pass on the border between Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, and Minami Echizen Town, Nanjo County. It is 628 meters above sea level. It has been a gateway from Kinki to Hokuriku since ancient times, and the Hokuriku Tunnel currently passes directly underneath. The Nihon Kiryaku states that this pass was the steep road opened on Mount Kahiru in 830 (Tencho 7). The ancient Hokuriku road crossed the mountains from Matsubara Station (Tsuruga) to the eastern coast of Tsuruga Bay, but the location of Kahiru Station is unknown, so it is not known whether it crossed this pass. The mountainous area from the Shindo area of ​​Minami Echizen Town to this pass is currently called Kaeruyama, but one theory is that it was behind Itsuhata in Tsuruga City. From the Middle Ages, a land route was taken through Shinbo (Tsuruga City), and this pass was crossed by both the Genpei and Taira armies, Dogen, Nitta Yoshisada, and Rennyo, and became a battlefield between Oda Nobunaga, the Asakura forces, and the Ikko Ikki. At the pass, there remains a stone-paved road and a teahouse with a kettle given by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and a little way down to the north is the Iuna Jizo. Fukui Prefecture is divided into two major residential areas, Reinan and Reihoku, by the mountainous area where this pass is located. It is a two-hour walk from Minami-Imajo Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.

[Masahiko Shimada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

福井県敦賀市(つるがし)と南条郡南越前町(みなみえちぜんちょう)の境にある峠。標高628メートル。古代から近畿より北陸へ入る関門で、現在は北陸トンネルが直下を通る。『日本紀略』830年（天長7）に鹿蒜(かひる)山に開かれた嶮道(けんどう)がこの峠という。古代の北陸道は松原駅（敦賀）から敦賀湾東岸に渡り山越えしたが、鹿蒜駅の位置が不明で、この峠を越えたかどうかわからない。南越前町の新道(しんどう)地区からこの峠にかけての山地を現在は帰山(かえるやま)というが、一説には敦賀市五幡(いつはた)の背後ともいう。中世からは新保(しんぼ)（敦賀市）を通る陸路がとられ、この峠は源平両軍、道元、新田義貞(にったよしさだ)、蓮如(れんにょ)らが越え、織田信長と朝倉勢・一向一揆(いっこういっき)の戦場となった。峠には石畳道と豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉が与えた釜(かま)をもつ茶屋が残り、北にやや下ると言奈(いうな)地蔵がある。なお、福井県は、この峠のある山地で嶺南(れいなん)、嶺北(れいほく)の二大生活圏に分かれる。JR北陸本線南今庄駅下車、徒歩2時間。

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