Daishoji Temple

Japanese: 大聖寺 - だいしょうじ

This name has been used since the Middle Ages to refer to the area around the eastern foot of Kinjo Mountain in Enuma County, Kaga Province, now Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and in the early modern period it was the castle town of the Daishoji Domain. The name comes from the name of a temple that belonged to the Hakusan Shrine Kaga Baba. During the Nanboku-cho period, Daishoji Castle was built on Kinjo Mountain, and thereafter, repeated attacks and defenses were fought over the castle until the Kaga Ikko Ikki uprising was pacified. In 1583, Mizoguchi Hidekatsu was assigned to Daishoji as a vassal of Niwa Nagahide, and in 1639, Toshiharu, the third son of Maeda Toshitsune, the third lord of Kanazawa Domain, was granted 70,000 koku of land and founded the Daishoji Domain. Toshiharu built his domain residence on the eastern foot of Kinjo Mountain, and a castle town was formed to the east of that. The townspeople's town developed along the Hokuriku Kaido, which runs from southwest to northeast through the center of the castle town. Honmachi, the center of Honmachi, had many inns and was also called Hatagomachi. The townspeople's town was under the control of two town magistrates, and the town elders were selected by the domain from among the influential townspeople. Yoshidaya, who revived Kutani ware, was a leading townsperson in Fukudamachi. The town's specialty was silk weaving, and after the Meiji Restoration, many weaving factories were built using the remains of samurai residences, and the town developed along with the development of the sericulture and silk-reeling industries in the neighboring rural areas. However, the town was forced to change its business due to the development of the weaving industry during World War II, and the town continued to decline after the war. Currently, the town is finding a way forward in Kutani ware and the tourism industry. In 1958, five towns and four villages, including Daishojimachi, merged to form Kaga City.

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Japanese:

加賀国江沼郡，現石川県加賀市の錦城(きんじょう)山東麓一帯をさす中世以来の地名で，近世には大聖寺藩の城下町。地名は白山宮加賀馬場に属した寺名に由来。南北朝期，錦城山に大聖寺城が築かれ，以後，加賀一向一揆が平定されるまでこの城をめぐって攻防が繰り返された。1583年丹羽長秀の与力として溝口秀勝が大聖寺に配され，1639年には金沢藩主３代前田利常の三男利治が７万石を分知されて大聖寺藩を興(おこ)した。利治は錦城山の東麓に藩邸を造営，その東に城下町が形成された。町人町は城下中央を南西から北東へ抜ける北陸街道沿いに発達，その中心である本(ほん)町には旅宿が多く，旅籠(はたご)町とも呼ばれた。町人町は２人の町奉行の支配下にあり，町年寄は藩によって有力町人のなかから選ばれた。九谷(くたに)焼を再興した吉田屋は福田町の有力町人。特産は絹織物で，明治維新後は武家屋敷跡を利用して多くの機織工場ができ，近隣農村部の養蚕・製糸業の発達と相まって発展したが，第２次大戦中の機業整備で転業を余儀なくされ，戦後も低迷を続けた。現在は九谷焼や観光産業に活路を見いだしている。1958年大聖寺町などの５町と４村が合併して加賀市が成立。

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