Serada

Japanese: 世良田 - せらだ

A settlement on the north bank of the Tone River in the southern part of Nitta County, Kozuke Province, that has existed since the Middle Ages. It is located in the western part of Ojima Town, Nitta County, Gunma Prefecture (present-day Ota City). It was one of the 19 Kokan districts in Nitta Manor that were developed and established by Nitta Yoshishige before 1157, and was called Serada District. It was later passed down to his son Yoshisue (the Serada clan), and in 1221 Yoshisue invited Eicho, a disciple of Eisai, to establish Choraku-ji Temple here. A market was also established in front of the temple, and it became one of the economic centers of Nitta Manor, as described in the Taiheiki: "There are many virtuous people in Serada in Nitta Manor." The area was also a post station and a strategic political and military location, as it was adjacent to a branch of the Tosando road. In the early Edo period, Nitta was considered the ancestral land of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and around 1642, a Toshogu Shrine (Serada Toshogu Shrine) was enshrined within the grounds of Choraku-ji Temple.

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Japanese:

上野国新田(にった)郡の南部，利根川北岸にある中世以来の集落。現群馬県新田郡尾島町（現・太田市）西部にあたる。1157年以前に新田義重により開発されて成立した新田荘内の空閑(こかん)郷19郷の一で，世良田郷と称された。義重ののちその子義季の系統（世良田氏）に伝えられ，1221年義季は栄西の弟子栄朝を招いて当地に長楽寺を創建した。同寺門前には市も立てられ，《太平記》に〈新田荘世良田ニハ有徳ノ者多シ〉と記されるような，新田荘の経済上の中心地の一つとなった。また当地は東山道の分道に接していたことから宿駅でもあり，政治・軍事上の要地でもあった。江戸時代初頭には新田は徳川家康の父祖の地とされ，1642年頃長楽寺境内に東照宮（世良田東照宮）が勧請された。

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