Kuragano

A district in the southeast of Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. It was a key point for land and water transport during the Edo Period. Formerly Kuragano Town. It was a post town on the Nakasendo Road, a branching post on the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido Road, and the end point of the Tone River water transport route, Kuragano Kashi (river port), was established here. The river bank was on the left bank of the Karasu River, and rice, lumber, soybeans, silk, and other items were transported to Edo by Takase boats, and salt, tea, dried sardines, and other items were transported from Edo to Gunma, Nagano, and Niigata Prefectures. Currently, it is a branching point for the JR Takasaki Line and the Hachiko Line, and the Shigano Higashi Industrial Park and other areas have been developed, with factories for electrical appliances, food, and other products moving in. There are also the Kuragano Kofun group, including the Oyama Kofun and the Asamayama Kofun.

[Murakami Sadao]

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群馬県高崎市南東部の地区。江戸時代水陸交通の要衝。旧倉賀野町。中山道(なかせんどう)の宿場町で、日光例幣使街道(れいへいしかいどう)の分岐宿であり、また利根(とね)川系水運遡行(そこう)の終点倉賀野河岸(かし)（河港）の設けられた所。河岸は烏川(からすがわ)の左岸で、江戸へ年貢米、材木、大豆、絹などを、江戸からは塩、茶、干鰯(ほしか)などを高瀬舟(たかせぶね)で運び、群馬、長野、新潟各県の中継をした。現在はJR高崎線と八高線の分岐点で、食賀野東工業団地などが造成され、電器、食品などの工場が進出している。また、大山古墳、浅間山古墳など、倉賀野古墳群がある。

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