Shinomiya Riverbank

Japanese: 四宮河原 - しのみやがわら

This riverbank stretched out where the Shinomiya River, which flows south through Yamashina-go, Uji-gun, Yamashiro Province (present-day Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City), intersected with the Tokaido road, which runs east to west. It was a key transportation point, and a market was established there in the late Heian period, where a Jizo statue was enshrined (Uji Shui Monogatari). It was also a strategic military location, and is mentioned in the Tale of the Heike and the Taiheiki. According to these accounts, the success or failure of entering or leaving the capital depended on whether or not the riverbank could be safely crossed. In the Middle Ages, it was the name of a region that, together with Anshoji and Ueno, made up one of the seven Yamashina districts, and a checkpoint was established there. In the Edo period, the riverbank disappeared, and the area was called Shinomiya Village.

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Japanese:

山城国宇治郡山科郷（現京都市山科区）を南流する四宮川と東西に走る東海道が交差するあたりに広がっていた河原。交通の要所で，平安時代末期には市が立ち，地蔵が祀られていた（《宇治拾遺物語》）。また軍事上の要衝でもあり，《平家物語》や《太平記》に散見する。これらの記述によると，ことあるときの入京・出京の成否は，この河原を無事通過できるかどうかにかかっていた。中世には山科七郷の１郷を安祥寺(あんしょうじ)，上野(うえの)とともに構成する領域名となっており，率分(りつぶん)所（関所）が置かれていた。江戸時代には河原は姿を消し，一帯は四宮村とよばれた。

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