Miyakoshi - Miyanokoshi

Japanese: 宮腰 - みやのこし

Located on the right bank of the mouth of the Sai River, this port town has existed since the Middle Ages, and corresponds to the current Kanaishimoto-cho in Kanazawa City. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the distribution centers along the Sea of Japan coast, part of Akatsuchi Village in Ono-sho. In 1372, the Muromachi Shogunate ordered the suspension of the official duties of the shugo for merchant ships docking at Ono-sho Port, but the port is considered to be a collective name for both Miyakoshi and Ono Port. Merchants from Miyakoshi appear in the "Oguri" section of the Setsugeishu. In the early modern period, the Kanazawa Domain improved the roads and waterways connecting the castle town with Miyakoshi, appointed a Miyakoshi Town Magistrate, and made the area an outer port for the domain. Since then, large amounts of timber from Oshu, Noto salt, and wood for fuel have been imported, while rice for Osaka was shipped out, and the area prospered as the largest port in the domain. There were many ship wholesalers and inns for Kitamae ships, and the wealthy merchant Zeniya Gobei also based here. In the mid-19th century, there were 1,496 houses and 5,008 people. There was a dispute with the neighboring Ono Port over the import of timber. In 1866, the feudal domain ordered the merger of this area with Ono, and the town became Kanaishi-cho. In 1943, it was merged into Kanazawa City.

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Japanese:

犀(さい)川河口右岸に位置する中世以来の湊町で，現在の金沢市金石本(かないわほん)町などにあたる。中世は大野荘赤土(あかつち)村のうちで，日本海沿岸の流通拠点の一つとなっていた。1372年室町幕府は，大野荘湊に着岸する商船に対する守護の公事課役の停止を命じているが，同湊は宮腰・大野両湊の総称とされる。説経節の〈をぐり〉には宮腰の商人が登場する。近世初頭，金沢藩は城下と宮腰を結ぶ道や水路の整備を行うとともに，宮腰町奉行を置いて，当地を藩の外港とした。以降大量の奥羽木材・能登塩や燃料の牧木などが移入される一方，大坂廻米などが積み出され，領内第一の湊として繁栄した。北前船の船問屋，船宿が軒を連ね，豪商として知られる海運業者銭屋五兵衛も当地を拠点とした。19世紀中頃の戸数1496軒，人数5008。隣接する大野湊と木材移入をめぐる争論があった。1866年藩は当地と大野の合併を命じ，金石町となる。1943年金沢市に合併。

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