Itahana

Japanese: 板鼻 - いたはな

It occupies the north bank of the Usui River in the eastern part of Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture. It was once part of Usui County in Kozuke Province. In the Middle Ages, the area from the eastern part of Annaka City to the northwestern part of Takasaki City was called Itahana, and it is said that its center was around the location of Yawata Hachiman Shrine and Daisho Gokoku Temple in Yawata Town, Takasaki City, to the east of the current Itahana. Yawata Hachiman Shrine was also called Itahana Hachiman Shrine and Itahana Betsumiya Shrine in ancient times, with Daisho Gokoku being the head temple. In the Middle Ages, Itahana was a key location for land and water transportation, with the Tosando and Kamakura Kaido roads passing through it, connecting the Usui River and Karasu River to the Tone River, and it developed as a transportation settlement and lodging town. According to the "Gikeiki," Minamoto no Yoshitsune and his party heading for Oshu met the bandit Ise Saburo Yoshimori, who would later become his vassal, at Itahana. According to the "Soga Monogatari," Minamoto no Yoritomo moved his hunting grounds from Mihara in Shinano Province to Nasu in Shimotsuke Province via Itahana-no-yado. Itahana-no-yado was also a key point on the border between Koshu and Shinano, and military forces were often stationed there. In the early modern period, Itahana-yado on the Nakasendo was located at what is now Itahana. Takasu-watashi on the Usui River borders it to the west, and in 1791 there was one honjin and one wakihonjin, 43 inns, and 15 teahouses. Most of the inns employed female servants, and it was said to be the busiest of the seven inns on the Nakasendo. In 1852, there were 347 houses and 1,549 people. In 1889, it became Itahana-cho, and in 1955 it was annexed to Annaka-cho.

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Japanese:

群馬県安中市の東部，碓氷(うすい)川の北岸を占める。かつては上野国碓氷郡のうち。中世には現安中市東部から高崎市北西部にかけての一帯を板鼻と称し，現板鼻の東方，高崎市八幡(やわた)町の八幡八幡(やわたはちまん)宮や大聖護国(だいしょうごこく)寺の所在地あたりが中心であったという。八幡八幡宮は古くは板鼻八幡宮・板鼻別宮ともいい，大聖護国は別当寺。中世の板鼻は東山道・鎌倉街道が通り，碓氷川・烏川から利根川に通じる水陸交通の要地で，交通集落・宿町として発展。《義経記》によると奥州に向かう源義経一行は，のち家臣となる山賊伊勢三郎義盛と板鼻で出会い，《曾我物語》によると源頼朝は信濃国三原から〈板鼻の宿〉経由で下野国那須に狩場を移動。また上信国境の要衝としてしばしば軍勢が駐屯した。近世には現在の板鼻に中山道の板鼻宿が置かれた。西に接して碓氷川の鷹巣(たかす)渡があり，1791年には本陣・脇本陣各１，旅籠屋43，茶屋15。旅籠屋はほとんどが飯盛女を置き，中山道上州７宿では一番の賑いといわれた。1852年には家数347・人数1549。1889年に板鼻町となり，1955年安中町に併合。

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