Inamuragasaki - Inamuragasaki

A cape jutting out from the center of the coast of Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is the legendary site of Nitta Yoshisada's wading, and is a nationally designated historic site. There is an Enoshima Electric Railway station, and buses run from Kamakura Station and Odakyu Electric Railway Katase Enoshima Station. The cape separates Yuigahama and Shichirigahama, and is a scenic spot with a panoramic view of Sagami Bay. This coast has been a transportation route since ancient times, and in the Kamakura period it was the main entrance to Kamakura and was once the western site of the Shikyo Festival, but it was known as a difficult route due to strong winds and waves. When Nitta Yoshisada attacked the Hojo clan in Kamakura during the Genkō Incident (1331), he was unable to break through the strong defenses of Gokurakuji Kiridoshi, which was his western attack point, so he threw the golden sword he was carrying into the sea from the top of the cliffs at Inamuragasaki, prayed to the dragon god for the tide to go out, and then attacked along the shore in one fell swoop. The high ground on the west side of the cape is now a park, and there is a monument to Nitta Yoshisada and a monument to the boat accident of the Zushi Kaisei Junior High School students, known for the song "Mashiroki Fuji no Ne."

[Yukio Asaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

神奈川県鎌倉市の海岸の中央に突き出た岬。新田義貞(にったよしさだ)徒渉伝説地で、国指定史跡。江ノ島電鉄の駅があり、鎌倉駅、小田急電鉄片瀬(かたせ)江ノ島駅からもバスが通ずる。岬は由比ヶ浜(ゆいがはま)と、七里ヶ浜とを分け、相模湾(さがみ)を一望に収められる景勝地。この海岸は古くからの交通路で、鎌倉時代には鎌倉の大手口で、四境祭の西方の祭場にされたこともあったが、風波が激しく難路として知られていた。元弘(げんこう)の変（1331）に新田義貞が鎌倉の北条氏を攻めたとき、西側の攻撃口としていた極楽寺切通(ごくらくじきりどおし)の守備が堅くて破ることができず、稲村ヶ崎の岩頭から、自分が佩(お)びていた黄金(こがね)づくりの太刀(たち)を海中へ投げ入れて、竜神に潮の引くことを祈り、磯(いそ)伝いに一挙に攻め込んだという伝説はあまりに有名。岬の西側の高台は公園になっており、新田義貞の碑や、「真白き富士の嶺(ね)」の歌で知られる逗子(ずし)開成中学生のボート遭難の碑がある。

［浅香幸雄］

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