Mount Iya

Japanese: 祖谷山 - いややま

The name given to the mountainous area in the Iya River basin in the western part of Tokushima Prefecture. Due to the deep gorge and poor transportation, the area is seen as a different world by the people living in the plains, and there are legends and relics of the Heike clan that fled there. However, the social system of medieval lords and their subordinate residents was an obstacle to unified rule by the feudal lords of the early modern period, and many small lords were wiped out after a long campaign by the lord of Tokushima. Of the remaining local lords, the Kita clan was entrusted with control of the mountains and began to wield influence.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

徳島県西部にある祖谷川流域の山間をさす呼称。峡谷が深く交通が不便なため，平地住民からは別天地のような感覚でみられ，平家の落人という伝承をもちそれに関する遺品や伝説も残っている。しかしながら，中世的な領主とそれに隷属する住民とを含む社会制度が近世の大名による統一支配の支障となり，徳島藩主による長期の討伐を受けて多くの小領主が滅び，残った土豪のうち，喜多氏が山中の支配を任されて勢力をふるうようになった。

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