Kurikuma - Kurikuma

Japanese: 栗隈 - くりくま

It was an ancient place name (town name) in Kuse County, Yamashiro Province, and referred to the area of Okubo and Hirono in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. In the entry for October of the 12th year of the reign of Emperor Nintoku in the Nihon Shoki, it is written that "a large ditch was dug in Agata, Yamashiro, to irrigate the fields," and a similar article appears in the entry for the 15th year of the reign of Empress Suiko. The book also contains records of powerful clans who bore the place names, such as "Kurikuma no Shibi Tokuma" and "Kurikuma no Muraji," suggesting that the area had been open since ancient times. In the Heian period, "Kurikuma (Maeno)no" and "Kurikumayama" appear in historical records as recreational hunting grounds, but in 882 recreational hunting was banned because it was an obstacle to agriculture. The hills in the southeast of Uji City are commonly known as Kurikumayama (Kurikomayama), and the Shinmei Shrine located there is also called "Kurikuma (Kuriko) Shinmei." This is probably a relic of the ancient Kurikuma.

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Japanese:

山城国久世(くせ)郡の古代地名（郷名）で，現京都府宇治市の大久保・広野一帯をさした。《日本書紀》仁徳天皇12年10月条に〈大溝(おおうなで)を山背(やましろ)の栗隈県(あがた)に掘りて田に潤く〉とみえ，ほぼ同様の記事が推古天皇15年条にも重出する。同書には〈栗隈首徳万〉〈栗隈連〉など当地名を負った豪族がみえ，古くから開けた地であったことをうかがわせる。平安時代に入ると遊猟地として〈栗隈（前）野〉〈栗隈山〉が史書にみえるが，882年農業の妨げになるとして遊猟が禁止されている。宇治市南東部の丘陵を栗隈山（栗駒山）と通称し，そこに鎮座する神明神社は〈栗隈（栗子）神明〉ともよばれる。古代の栗隈の遺称であろう。

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