Ikeda Post Town

Japanese: 池田宿 - いけだのしゅく

A post station in the province of Totomi from the late ancient period to the Middle Ages. It is identified with the current Ikeda in Toyoda-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture (currently Iwata City). It was the center of Ikeda Manor, the domain of Matsuo Shrine in Yamashiro Province (currently Matsuo Taisha Shrine in Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City), and is thought to have been a ferry terminal on the Tenryu River as well as the residence of the manor official. According to the entry for December 21, 1190 in the Azuma Kagami, Minamoto no Yoritomo stayed here on his way back from Kyoto. Its name appears in military chronicles such as The Tale of the Heike and travel writings such as The Kaido-ki, and it was a post station throughout the Middle Ages, but it flourished most from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period. It was also known for having many courtesans, and the story of Taira Munemori and the daughter of the inn's headmaster, Kumano, is famous in the Noh play Kumano. It is said that Minamoto no Noriyori's mother was also a courtesan at this post station. It was once located on the west bank of the Tenryu River, but was moved to the east bank due to changes in the river course. Tokugawa Ieyasu placed great importance on the ferry terminal and granted numerous privileges to the ferryman, but it fell into decline in the early modern period. During the Edo period, it became Ikeda Village, Toyoda County, Totomi Province.

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Japanese:

遠江国にあった古代末期から中世の宿駅。現在の静岡県豊田(とよだ)町（現・磐田市）池田に比定される。山城国松尾神社（現京都市西京区の松尾大社）領池田荘の中心で，天竜川の渡船場であるとともに，荘官の居住地であったとみられる。《吾妻鏡》建久１年（1190年）12月21日条によると，源頼朝が京都上洛の帰途に当宿に宿泊している。《平家物語》などの軍記物や《海道(かいどう)記》などの紀行文にその名がみえ，中世を通じての宿駅であったが，最も繁栄したのは平安末期から鎌倉期であった。遊女が多数いたことでも知られ，平宗盛(むねもり)と宿長者の娘熊野(ゆや)の物語は謡曲《熊野》で有名。源範頼(のりより)の母も当宿の遊女であったと伝える。かつては天竜川の西岸にあったが，河道の変化によって東岸に移転した。徳川家康は渡船場を重視し，渡守(わたしもり)に数々の特権を与えたが，近世に入って衰退した。江戸時代には遠江国豊田郡池田村となった。

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