Tsumago

Japanese: 妻籠 - つまご

A post town on the Nakasen Road in Chikuma County, Shinano Province. It is part of what is now Minami Kiso Town, Nagano Prefecture. Located at the southern end of the Kiso Valley, in the Middle Ages, the Kiso clan built Tsumago Castle here to hold back the Ina Valley and eastern Mino. In the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584, the Kiso clan, who sided with Toyotomi, defended the castle and repelled the Shinano forces of the Tokugawa. During the Sengoku period, it already functioned as a post station, and in 1601, like other Kiso post stations, it was designated as a post station on the Nakasendo. The townscape within the post station stretches 2 cho 30 ken from east to west, with a population of 418 and a total of 83 households (Yadomura Daigaicho). The scenery of the former post town has been well preserved, and it has been designated as a national preservation district for groups of traditional buildings. → Kiso Kaido / Magome

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Japanese:

信濃国筑摩(ちくま)郡の中山(なかせん)道の宿場町。現在の長野県南木曾(なぎそ)町に属する。木曾谷(きそだに)の南端に位置し，中世には木曾氏が伊那谷(いなだに)と東美濃への押さえとして妻籠城を築いていた。1584年の小牧・長久手(こまき・ながくて)の戦で豊臣方に味方した木曾氏が同城を守り，徳川方の信濃勢を拒んだ。戦国期にはすでに宿駅の機能を有し，1601年他の木曾の宿と同様に中山道の宿に指定された。宿内の町並東西２町30間，人別418人，惣家数83軒（《宿村大概帳》）。かつての宿場町の景観をよく残し，国の伝統的建造物群保存地区に指定されている。→木曾街道／馬籠

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