Misato [village] - Misato

Japanese: 美里[村] - みさと

A village in Aki County in north-central Mie Prefecture. Population 4,478 (1995). Mount Kasatori (845m) of the Nunobiki Mountains rises to the west, Mount Kyogamine (820m) to the north, and the Nagano River, a tributary of the Kumozu River, flows southeast through the center. In the past, Ionomikuriya, Naganoomikuriya, and other Ise Grand Shrine kitchens were located here. In the Middle Ages, the Nagano clan, who built their castles in the Nunobiki Mountains, established their influence in the area and also became servants of the Muromachi Shogunate. Nagano Pass, located in the saddle between Mount Kasatori and Mount Kyogamine, was a strategic point connecting Ise with Iga and Yamato, and in the early modern period, the Iga Highway, which connected Tsu in Ise with Ueno in Iga, was the main road in the Tsu domain.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

三重県中北部，安芸（あげ）郡の村。人口4478(1995)。西に布引山地の笠取山(845m)，北に経ヶ峰(820m)がそびえ，中央を雲出（くもず）川の支流長野川が南東流する。古くは五百野御厨（いおのみくりや），長野御厨など，伊勢神宮の御厨が置かれていた。中世，布引山地の山並みに城を構えた長野氏は一帯に勢力を扶植し，室町幕府奉公衆にもなっている。笠取山と経ヶ峰の鞍部にある長野峠は，伊勢と伊賀や大和とを結ぶ要衝で，近世には伊勢の津と伊賀の上野を結ぶ伊賀街道が津藩領の幹線道路であった。

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