Iwakidaira - Iwakidaira

Japanese: 磐城平 - いわきたいら

Also written as Iwakidaira. A castle town in Iwaki District, Mutsu Province (Hamadori, Fukushima Prefecture). Built and developed on the alluvial land of the Natsui River basin. In 1602 (Keicho 7), Torii Tadamasa was given 100,000 koku after the Iwaki clan was removed from their domain, and the following year he built a castle on the former site of Iino Hachimangu Shrine on Akame Monomigaoka, and constructed a castle town. Initially, samurai residences, intermediate residences, foot soldiers' residences, a temple town, and a town for artisans and merchants were established around the castle, and the merchant town was divided into three towns. It took 12 years to complete the castle, but during this period merchants gathered from all over the country, and it grew into the center of the domain's economy as a distribution point for goods within the domain.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岩城平とも書く。陸奥国磐前郡(福島県浜通り)の城下町。夏井川の流域の沖積地に建設され発展した。1602年(慶長7)鳥居忠政が岩城氏除封後10万石で入封し，翌年赤目物見岡の飯野八幡宮跡地に築城し，城下町を建設したのに始まる。当初は，城周辺に侍屋敷，中間屋敷と足軽屋敷，寺町，職人･商人町が設けられ，商人町は一町目から三町目まで町割りされた。城郭の完成に12年を要したが，この期に各地から商人が集まり，藩内の物資の集散地として領域経済の中心地に成長した。

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