Kobotoke Pass - Kobotoke Pass

Japanese: 小仏関 - こぼとけのせき

This checkpoint was established in Komagino, Kaminagabusa Village, Tama County, Musashi Province (present-day Hachioji City, Tokyo) on the Koshu road, and was also called Komagino Checkpoint. It is a nationally designated historic site. It is said to have originated during the Sengoku period when the Odawara Hojo clan established it at Kobotoke Pass to prepare for the Kai Takeda clan, and was later moved to Komagino on the eastern foot of the mountain. After the Tokugawa clan entered the Kanto region, it played a role in the defense of Edo. It was managed by Okubo Nagayasu and the Hachioji magistrate, and from the Kan'ei period (1624-1644) onwards, four checkpoint guards (later three) were stationed there. It was abolished in 1869.

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Japanese:

甲州道中の武蔵国多摩郡上長房(かみながぶさ)村駒木野(こまぎの)（現東京都八王子市）に設けられた関所で，駒木野関所とも称された。国指定史跡。戦国時代，小田原北条氏が小仏峠に甲斐武田氏に備えて設けたのに始まるといい，のち東麓の駒木野に移った。徳川氏の関東入国後は，江戸防衛の役を果たした。大久保長安，八王子代官が管理，寛永期（1624−1644）以降は関所番４人（のち３人）が詰めた。1869年に廃された。

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