Sea pomegranate city (sea pomegranate city) - Tsubaichi

Japanese: 海柘榴市(海石榴市) - つばいち

One of the ancient Japanese markets. It was located at a key point of land and sea transportation, as described in the Man'yoshu as "Yasonichimata of Umi-zakuro City," in the Nihon Shoki before the accession of Buretsu as "Umi-zakuro City Street," and in the entry for the 16th year of the reign of Suiko (608), it says that the Sui envoy Pei Shiqing and his party, who had traveled up the Yamato River from Naniwa, were welcomed in "Umi-zakuro City Street." Possible locations include the area near the Kanaya settlement in Sakurai City near the intersection of Yokooji and Yamabe-no-michi, and the area between Kamiichi and Kamiichiguchi in Miwa, Kanaya, in the same city, near the intersection of Yokooji and Kamitsumichi, but it is also possible that it may have changed from the former to the latter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本古代の市の一つ。《万葉集》に〈海石榴市の八十衢（やそのちまた）〉とあり，《日本書紀》武烈即位前紀に〈海柘榴市巷（ちまた）〉，同推古16年(608)条に難波より大和川を遡上してきた隋使裴世清（はいせいせい）一行を〈海石榴市街（ちまた）〉に迎えたとあるごとく，水陸交通の要衝に立地した。比定地としては，横大路と山辺の道の交点付近の桜井市金屋の集落付近，横大路と上ッ道の交点近くの同市三輪字上市～金屋字上市口付近が考えられるが，前者から後者への変遷も想定しうる。

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