Mount Hida

Japanese: 飛驒山 - ひだやま

Hida Province (the northern half of Gifu Prefecture) is a mountainous region, and the nickname comes from the fact that Hida in the early modern period was known as a forest kingdom. In ancient times, Hida was the birthplace of Hida artisans, who were employed mainly in the construction of palaces and official temples and in the collection of timber. The Taiho and Yoro Codes stipulated that Hida Province must provide 10 artisans per village in rotation for one year, and in return be exempt from tax and tribute, but it was not until the end of the Middle Ages that Hida timber began to be transported to the Kinai region and neighboring provinces. In 1586 (Tensho 14), when Kanamori Nagachika was given the entire province of Hida by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and became lord of Takayama Castle, income from gold production exceeded profits from timber. The Edo Shogunate, which had long had its eye on Hida's abundant forest resources, succeeded in making Hida its direct territory in 1692 (Genroku 5) under the 6th Kanamori Yoritoki by a method that was almost like seizing it.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

飛驒国(岐阜県の北半)は山国であるうえに，近世の飛驒が山林王国として知られたことに由来する通称。古代の飛驒は飛驒工（ひだのたくみ）の出身地で，当時これらの工匠はおもに宮や官寺などの建築と用材の採運に使役された。大宝･養老令には，飛驒国は里ごとに匠丁10人を1年交替で貢進すること，その代償として庸と調を免除されることが規定されているが，飛驒材が畿内近国へ搬出されるようになるのは中世末ごろからである。1586年(天正14)金森長近が豊臣秀吉から飛驒一国を与えられて高山城主となった当時は，産金所得が木材収益を上回っていたが，かねてから飛驒の豊富な山林資源に着目していた江戸幕府は，6代金森頼（よりとき）の1692年(元禄5)，奪取にも近い方法によって飛驒の直領化に成功した。

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