Imasu - I am here

Japanese: 今須 - います

A place name in Fuwa-gun, Mino Province, currently a large district in Sekigahara-cho, Gifu Prefecture. In the Middle Ages, it was called Imasu-go (Imasu-go), and in early modern times, Imasu-mura, where Imasu-juku on the Nakasen road was located. Imasu-go was originally a provincial government office, and shortly after 1426, it became the property of Hokyo-ji Temple (present-day Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City). The Nagae (Nagae) clan held sway in the area, and it is said that Imasu Castle was located there. In 1442, the Nagae clan donated fields in Imasu-go to Myo-oji Temple, which was built within the village. In 1487, the shogunate rejected the seizure of land by the shugo Toki Shigeyori over Imasu and other areas, and decided to allow a magistrate to enter the area. During the Edo period, it was a shogunate territory, and in 1770 it became the fief of the Ogaki domain. Imasu-juku is the 60th of the 67 post stations on the Nakasendo road, counting from Edo. Imasu Pass, which lies between Sekigahara-juku to the east, was a difficult place to pass, and a checkpoint was set up there during the Tenbun era (1532-1555). In 1702, the town was 17 cho (10 sects) long and 17 ken (10 sects) wide, with 363 houses, of which 184 were townhouses. There were 250 goshuin laborers, 5,641 hired laborers, and 850 snow-trotting laborers on the side roads of the northern provinces. In 1843, there were 1,784 people in the inn, with 464 households, 1 main inn, 2 side inns, 7 medium-sized and 6 small-sized inns. In the early Edo period, there was a dispute with Sekigahara-juku over the transfer of baggage.

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Japanese:

美濃国不破(ふわ)郡の地名で，現在は岐阜県関ヶ原町の大字。中世は今須郷（居益郷），近世は今須村で中山(なかせん)道の今須宿が置かれた。今須郷ははじめ国衙(こくが)領で，1426年をあまり下らない時期に宝鏡(ほうきょう)寺（現京都市上京区）領となった。在地では長江（永江）氏が勢力を有し，居益城があったとされる。1442年長江氏は居益郷内の田地を郷内に建立した妙応寺に寄進している。1487年幕府は今須などに対する守護土岐成頼の押領(おうりょう)を退け，代官を入部させることとした。江戸時代は幕府領で，1770年大垣藩預地となる。今須宿は中山道67宿のうち江戸から数えて60番目の宿。東の関ヶ原宿との間にある今須峠は難所で，天文年間（1532−1555）には関所が置かれたという。1702年の町並みは東西17町10間，家数363のうち町家184。御用人足は御朱印人足250，賃人足5641のほか，北国脇道の雪踏み人足850など。1843年の宿内人別1784，家数464，本陣１・脇本陣２，旅籠屋は中７・小６。江戸時代初期，荷物継立をめぐって関ヶ原宿と争論があった。

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