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Japanese: 真神原 - まかみがはら

An ancient place name for a plain in the center of Asuka, Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. In the Manyoshu, it is described as "Ookuchi no makami no hara," so it seems that it was once thought of as a plain inhabited by makami, or wolves. In the Nihon Shoki, the entry for the 7th year of the reign of Emperor Yuryaku, it appears that Imaki no Ayano Suetsukuribe, Kurabe, Gabe, and Nishikibe were made to live in Tohara and Makamihara. Makamihara refers to the low marshes around Asukadera Temple, and construction of Asukadera Temple began here in the 1st year of the reign of Emperor Sushun, after the house of Konoha, the founder of the Asuka Kinu no tsukuri family, was demolished.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

現在の奈良県明日香村飛鳥の中央部にあった原野をさす古代地名。《万葉集》に，〈大口の真神の原〉とうたわれているから，かつては真神すなわちオオカミのすむような原野と意識されていたらしい。《日本書紀》雄略7年条には，新漢陶部（いまきのあやのすえつくりべ），鞍部，画部，錦部を，桃原と真神原に住まわせたとみえる。真神原とは，飛鳥寺周辺の低湿地をさし，この地に，崇峻1年，飛鳥衣縫造の祖，樹葉（このは）の家を壊して，飛鳥寺の造営が始められた。

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