Harinoki Pass - Harinoki Pass

This pass is located on the border between Nagano and Toyama prefectures, at the saddle between Mount Harinoki (2,821 meters) and Mount Renge (2,799 meters) in the Northern Alps. At an elevation of 2,541 meters, it is the highest pass that crosses the Northern Alps. Currently, only mountaineers climb this pass, but from the end of the Sengoku period to the early modern period, it was a transportation route for importing salt and fish from Ecchu to Shinano. It is said that in 1584 (Tensho 12), Sassa Narimasa, the lord of Ecchu, and over 90 of his subordinates crossed the pass in the harsh winter to seek the help of Tokugawa Ieyasu of Mikawa in order to oppose Hashiba Hideyoshi. However, negotiations with Ieyasu were unsuccessful, so they crossed the pass again and returned to Ecchu. It is said that at this time, one million ryo of military funds were buried near the pass, and people are still searching for it today. The Harinoki Snow Valley is located on the northern slope of the pass. In conjunction with the mountain opening ceremony in June, the Shintaro Festival is held to commemorate Momose Shintaro, who built the Harinoki hut on the pass in 1930 (Showa 5).

[Hiroyoshi Kobayashi]

"Shinshu Passes" by Takeo Ichikawa (1972, Daiichi Hoki Publishing)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

長野・富山県境、北アルプスの針ノ木岳（2821メートル）と蓮華(れんげ)岳（2799メートル）の鞍部(あんぶ)にある峠。標高2541メートルで、北アルプスを横断する峠では最高位。現在は登山者だけしか登らないが、戦国末から近世にかけては越中(えっちゅう)から信濃(しなの)へ塩や魚を移入する交通路であった。1584年（天正12）越中の領主佐々成政(さっさなりまさ)とその部下90余名は羽柴(はしば)秀吉に対抗するため、三河の徳川家康の助力を求めて厳冬に峠を越えたがと伝える。家康との交渉はならずふたたび峠を越えて越中へ帰ったという。このとき軍資金百万両を峠付近に埋めたと伝えられ、現在もこれを探す人がいる。峠の北斜面に針ノ木大雪渓がある。6月の開山祭にあわせて、1930年（昭和5）峠に針ノ木小屋をつくった百瀬(ももせ)慎太郎を記念する慎太郎祭が行われる。

［小林寛義］

『市川健夫著『信州の峠』（1972・第一法規出版）』

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