Honkawa [village] - Honkawa

Japanese: 本川[村] - ほんがわ

A village in Tosa County, central north of Kochi Prefecture. Population 930 (1995). Located in the headwaters of the Yoshino River, the Ishizuchi Mountains, including Tsutsugamiyama (1,859m), Kamegamori (1,897m), Kanpusan (1,763m), and Sasagamine (1,860m), stand in the north, and the area borders Ehime Prefecture. The area from the village to the east, including Okawa Village, was once called Honkawa-go, an isolated mountainous region. In the Middle Ages, there were five local lords known as the Honkawa Goto. Terakawa is the trailhead for Mt. Ishizuchi, and "Terakawa-godan," written by Haruki, a mountain patrolman of the Tosa Domain who was stationed there in the mid-Edo period, gives a good account of the lifestyle and customs of the time, such as slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高知県中央北部，土佐郡の村。人口930(1995)。吉野川源流域に位置し，北部には石鎚山脈の筒上山(1859m)，瓶ヶ森（かめがもり）(1897m)，寒風山(1763m)，笹ヶ峰(1860m)などがそびえ，愛媛県と境する。かつて当村から東隣の大川村を含む一帯は本川郷とよばれ，周囲から隔絶した山間地で，中世には〈本川五党〉と称する5人の土豪がいた。寺川は石鎚山への登山口だが，江戸中期，同地に駐在した土佐藩山廻役春木氏の記した《寺川郷談》は，焼畑や狩猟など当時の生活や習慣をよく物語る。

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