Kurokoman Pass - Kurokoman Pass

Japanese: 黒駒関 - くろこまのせき

A medieval checkpoint located in Kurokoma, Yatsushiro County, Kai Province (Misaka Town, Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture). It is located at the northern foot of the pass on the Kamakura Kaido (also called Misaka Road or Kai Road), which connects the Kofu Basin and Suruga Province over Misaka Pass. The road has been an official road since ancient times, and there is a theory that Mizuichi Station, one of the ancient stations in Kai Province, is identified as Kurokoma. The establishment of Kurokoma Checkpoint dates to before 1565, when Takeda Shingen donated 10 kanmon of Kurokoma Checkpoint Coin as construction fees for the shrine platform of Fujisan Chugu Shrine. During the Sengoku period, as Fuji worship flourished, the Kamakura Kaido became bustling with pilgrims from all over the country climbing Fuji, and checkpoints were set up along the road to collect tolls from pilgrims, and Kurokoma Checkpoint is thought to have been one of them. In 1577, Shingen prayed at Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine (present-day Fujikawaguchiko Town, Minamitsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture) for a safe delivery of his daughter and promised to close Kurokoma Daiichi Barrier, but what happened after that is unknown.

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Japanese:

甲斐国八代郡黒駒（山梨県笛吹市御坂町）に置かれた中世の関所。甲府盆地と駿河国を御坂(みさか)峠を越えて結ぶ，鎌倉街道（御坂路・甲斐路ともいう）の峠北麓に位置する。同道は古代以来官道で，甲斐国内の古代の駅の一つ水市(みずいち)駅を黒駒に比定する説がある。黒駒関の設置の時期は，1565年，富士山中宮の社壇造営料として武田信玄から黒駒関銭のうち10貫文が寄進されていることから，同年以前であることがわかる。戦国期に富士信仰の隆盛に伴い，各地からの富士登拝の道者で鎌倉街道が賑わうと，沿道各所に道者から関銭を徴収する道者関が設けられており，黒駒関もその一つであったとみられている。1577年信玄は富士御室浅間(ふじおむろせんげん)社（現山梨県南都留郡富士河口湖町）に娘の安産を祈願して黒駒第一関の閉鎖を約しているが，その後の経緯は不明。

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