Gokinai-shi - Gokinai-shi

Japanese: 五畿内志 - ごきないし

A comprehensive geographical guide for the five regions of Kinai. It is an abbreviated name for Nihon Yochitsushi Kinai, compiled by Seki Sokou, Namikawa Ei and others. It has 61 volumes and was completed in 1734. It describes each province within Kinai in terms of its establishment history, territory, natural features, customs, prophecies, taxes, etc., and also divides each province into sections on the names of villages, villages, mountains and rivers, barriers, souvenirs, feudal domains, shrines, tombs, Buddhist temples, historic sites, clans, and courtyards. It also includes simple maps of the provinces. The descriptions of roads and shrines and temples are still useful today. It is included in Dai Nihon Chishi Taikei.

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Japanese:

五畿内に関する総合的地誌。関祖衡(せきそこう)・並河永(なみかわえい)らによって編纂された《日本輿地通志(にほんよちつうし)畿内部》の略称。61巻。1734年の成立。畿内各国について建置沿革・彊域・形勝・風俗・祥異・租税など，また郡ごとに郷名・村里・山川・関梁・土産・藩封・神廟・陵墓・仏刹・古蹟・氏族・文苑の項などに分けて記述，簡単な国絵図を付す。街道や社寺についての記述は，現在も利用価値が高い。《大日本地誌大系》所収。

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