Kurihashi Pass

Japanese: 栗橋関 - くりはしのせき

A checkpoint located in Kurihashi-shuku (present-day Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture) on the Nikko road. It was established at the crossing of Bosen on the Tone River, which connected with Nakada-shuku (present-day Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture), and was also called Nakata Barrier. In the early modern period, it was under the control of Ina Tadatsugu, but in 1610 it came under the jurisdiction of the Shogunate's senior councilor. In 1631 it came under the control of Ina Tadatsugu, the Kanto Gundai, and from 1792 it came under the direct control of the Shogunate's Finance Magistrate. The checkpoint was staffed by four families, Kato, Adachi, Tomita, and Shimada, who were allowed to receive 20 straw bales of rice and two people's stipends, and the position was almost hereditary until the checkpoint was abolished in 1869. The scenery of the checkpoint is depicted in the Bunken nobeezu (maps of the entire area), and the hours of passage were from six in the morning to six in the evening.

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Japanese:

日光道中栗橋宿（現埼玉県久喜市）に置かれた関所。中田(なかだ)宿（現茨城県古河市）と結ばれた利根川の房川(ぼうせん)の渡の地先に設けられ，中田関とも称された。近世初期は伊奈(いな)忠次の支配下にあったが，1610年幕府老中の管轄下となった。1631年には関東郡代伊奈忠治の支配下に移り，1792年以降は幕府勘定奉行の直轄となった。関所番人は加藤・足立・富田・島田の４氏で，20俵２人扶持を許され，1869年の関廃止までほぼ世襲された。関所の景観は分間延絵図(ぶんけんのべえず)などに描かれ，通行時間は明け六つから暮れ六つまでであった。

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