Tsugaru

Japanese: 津軽 - つがる
Tsugaru

This is the ancient name for the western half of Aomori Prefecture, as opposed to the "Nanbu" in the eastern half. Administratively, it covers six cities - Aomori, Hirosaki, Kuroishi, Goshogawara, Tsugaru, and Hirakawa - and five districts - Higashi, Nishi, Minami, Kita, and Nakatsugaru. The name Tsugaru was first mentioned in the "Nihon Shoki" in the entry for 655 (the 1st year of the reign of Emishi Saimei) where it is said that the Emishi of Tsukari were given the rank of Kanmuri Nikai. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Nanbu clan controlled the entire area of ​​present-day Aomori Prefecture, but at the end of the 16th century, Oura Tamenobu (Tsugaru Tamenobu) drove out the Nanbu clan and unified Tsugaru. From then on, it continued to be the territory of the Tsugaru clan's Hirosaki Domain until the Meiji Restoration.

The area has different characteristics from the south in terms of natural conditions and industrial culture, and the two regions are in conflict with each other. This is also reflected in their daily lives, as seen in the differences in festivals and dialects.

[Hiroshi Yokoyama]

"Tsugaru Folklore" by Moriyama Taitaro (1965, Mutsu Shimposha)""Tsugaru Folklore" by Wakamori Taro (1970, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)"

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

青森県西半部の地域の古くからの呼称で、東半部の「南部」と対する。行政的には青森、弘前(ひろさき)、黒石、五所川原(ごしょがわら)、つがる、平川の6市と、東、西、南、北、中津軽郡の5郡の範囲である。津軽の名は『日本書紀』の655年(斉明天皇1)の条に津刈の蝦夷(えみし)に冠二階を授けたという記述が初めである。15~16世紀には南部氏が現在の青森県の全域を制したが、16世紀末に大浦為信(おおうらためのぶ)(津軽為信(つがるためのぶ))が南部氏を駆逐して津軽を統一した。以後、津軽氏弘前藩領として明治維新まで続いた。

 自然条件や産業文化などに南部とは異なった性格を示し、二つの地域には対立的な様相がみられる。それが生活面にも現れ、祭礼や方言の違いを示す。

[横山 弘]

『森山泰太郎著『津軽の民俗』(1965・陸奥新報社)』『和歌森太郎著『津軽の民俗』(1970・吉川弘文館)』

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