Tatsunoichi

Japanese: 辰市 - たつのいち

An ancient market in the area adjacent to Daian-ji Temple in Yamato Soegami County (present-day Tatsu City, Nara City). Its name is said to come from the fact that it was a market that opened on the day of the Dragon every month, or that it is in the Dragon (southeast) direction of Heijo-kyo. Its name appears in poems by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro in the Shui Wakashu and in The Pillow Book. As it corresponds to Sakyo Hachijo in Heijo-kyo, perhaps the Hachijo market that appears in the order for 998 in the Todaiji Yoroku refers to Tatsu City. In the Middle Ages, it was called Tatsuichi-sho.

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Japanese:

大和添上郡の大安寺に隣接した地域 (現在の奈良市辰市) にあった古代の市。その名は，毎月辰の日に立つ市であるからとも，平城京の辰 (南東) の方位にあたる市であるからともいわれる。『拾遺和歌集』の柿本人麻呂の歌や『枕草子』などにも，その名がみえる。平城京の左京八条にあたるから，『東大寺要録』の長徳4 (998) 年の注文にみえる八条市も，辰市をさすものであろうか。中世には，辰市荘と呼ばれていた。

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