Tsuda

Japanese: 津田 - つだ

It is located in Myodo District, Awa Province, in the eastern part of Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, at the mouth of the river where the Shinmachi River and Sonose River join and flow into the Kii Channel. In the Middle Ages, it was an island called Tsudajima, and was part of the Tomita Manor of Yamato Kasuga Shrine, which was issued a certificate in 1204 as a donation by Oe Yasukane. According to the document issued in the same year, it bordered Katsuura Manor to the south and Minamisuketou Manor to the north and west, faced the sea to the east, and had an inlet to the west. In the early modern period, the Kawaguchi Guard Station was established as one of the outer ports under Tokushima Castle, and indigo and other special products of the Tokushima Domain were shipped from there. At the end of the Edo period, there were said to be about 40 shipping companies. Tsudaura, located right in front of the island, was also a fishing ground, and the Uogobuichi Yakusho (fish tax office) was also located there. The port was severely damaged by a major flood in 1854, and was repaired by Yamatoya Yoichibei, Jyukenya Tatsujirobei and others from the Ansei era (1854-1860) to the beginning of the Keio era (1865-1868). At the end of the Edo period, a battery was built and equipped with 20 cannons. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), Tsuda Port boasted one of the largest export volumes of goods in western Japan, and in 1879 a regular route between Osaka and Tokushima was opened, leading to a steady increase in passenger numbers. However, sedimentation at the river mouth made it difficult for large passenger ships to enter the port, and from 1913 it was used only as a fishing port.

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Japanese:

阿波国名東(みょうどう)郡にあり，現徳島県徳島市の東部，新町川と園瀬川などが合流して紀伊水道に入る河口部にあたる。中世には島で津田島とよばれ，1204年に大江泰兼の寄進により立券された，大和春日社領富田荘の一部を構成した。同年の立券文案などによれば，南は勝浦荘，北・西は南助任(みなみすけとう)保に接し，東は海に面し，西には入江があった。近世には徳島城下の外港の一つとして川口番所が置かれ，藍など徳島藩の特産品が積み出された。幕末には廻船業者は約40軒に上ったという。また眼前の津田浦は漁場でもあり，魚御分一役所(うおごぶいちやくしょ)も置かれていた。1854年の大洪水で港に大きな被害があり，安政年間（1854年−1860年）から慶応（1865年−1868年）初年にかけて大和屋与一兵衛・十四軒屋辰次郎兵衛らにより港湾の修築が行われた。幕末には台場が築かれ，大砲20門が備え付けられている。明治（1868年−1912年）に入ると津田港は西日本有数の物資移出高を誇り，また1879年には大阪・徳島間の定期航路が開設されて，乗船客は増加の一途を辿った。だが河口の土砂の堆積などによって大型客船の入港が難しくなり，1913年以降は漁港としてのみ使用されることとなった。

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