Sano

Japanese: 佐野 - さの

[1] A place name in the southern part of Tochigi Prefecture. During the Edo Period, it developed as a castle town of the Sano Domain with a 16,000 koku yield, and as a post station on the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido road. In addition to the traditional textile industry, centered on cotton shrinkage , various other industries flourished. It was incorporated as a city in 1943. [2] A place name in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. On the north bank of the Karasu River. Known as the birthplace of Sano Genzaemon Tokoyo, the author of the Noh song " Hachigi ." *Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 14-3406 "The stalks of Kamitsukeno and Sa-no are broken, and I will wait, even if they do not come this year." [3] A place name in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture. Along the Kumano Kaido road, there was an Oji shrine. In the past, it was called Sano. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 3.265 "Is it the rain that falls so bitterly that there is no house at the fortification of the sacred land of the gods ?"

Sano

One of the surnames.

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Japanese:

[一] 栃木県南部の地名。江戸時代は佐野藩一万六千石の城下町、日光例幣使街道の宿駅として発展。在来工業の綿縮(めんちぢみ)を中心とした繊維工業のほか、各種工業が盛ん。昭和一八年（一九四三）市制。[二] 群馬県高崎市の地名。烏川の北岸。謡曲「鉢木」の佐野源左衛門常世の故地として知られる。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一四・三四〇六「上毛野(かみつけの)左野(サの)の茎立(くくたち)折りはやし吾は待たむゑ今年来ずとも」[三] 和歌山県新宮市の地名。熊野街道に沿い、王子社があった。古くは狭野。※万葉（８Ｃ後）三・二六五「苦しくも降り来る雨か神(みわ)の崎狭野(さの)の渡りに家もあらなくに」