Niikawa

Japanese: 贄川 - にえかわ

A post town on the Nakasendo road. Located at the northern end of the Kiso Valley in Nagano Prefecture, in the Middle Ages it was important as a northern control point for the Kiso clan, and a guard post was established there. It was designated a post station in 1601 (Keicho 6), and the guard post became a sub-checkpoint when the Fukushima checkpoint was established. With an area of 4 cho 6 ken and 124 houses, it was a post town with a strong rural character. The checkpoint controlled women and children traveling by side roads without going through the Fukushima checkpoint, and the smuggling of timber and horses, which were controlled goods in the Kiso Valley. In 1889 it merged with Narai village to become Narakawa village.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中山道の宿場町。長野県の木曾谷北端に位置し，中世は木曾氏の北方の押えとして重視され，番所が設けられていた。1601年(慶長6)宿駅に指定され，また番所は福島関所の創設とともにその副関となった。町長4町6間，家数124軒で，農村的色彩の濃い宿場町であった。番所では，福島関所を経由せずに脇道を往来する婦女子と，木曾谷の統制物資であった木材や馬の密移出を取り締まった。1889年奈良井村と合併し楢川（ならかわ）村となった。

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