Monono Castle

Japanese: 桃生城 - ものうじょう

An ancient fortress built in Mutsu Province. It is also called Momonoujo or Momo no Ki. It is also written as Momonou Castle. The ruins are identified with Iino, Kahoku Town, Momonou County, Miyagi Prefecture (present-day Ishinomaki City). It is estimated that construction was planned in 757 and completed in 760 to control the sea road along with Iji Castle, which controlled the mountain roads of Mutsu Province (Shoku Nihongi). It is said that Fujiwara Asakari, who held full administrative and military power in Ouu, put his efforts into the construction of the castle, and vagrants, cavalrymen, pacifists, and barbarian prisoners from Mutsu Province and the various states of Bando were mobilized. In 774, the Emishi (Ezo) on the sea road rebelled, burning the bridge and destroying the western bailey of Momonou Castle. The site is an isolated hill facing the old course of the Kitakami River, and is estimated to be an irregular rectangle measuring 650m east to west and 700m north to south. Traces of an earthwork about 7m wide and 1m high can be seen on parts of the northern, eastern and western sides of the outer enclosure. The eastern enclosure contains an inner enclosure measuring 116m east to west and 72m north to south. Three buildings were discovered in a regular arrangement within the enclosure, and traces of the destruction of two of them have been confirmed. →Castle

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Japanese:

陸奥(むつ)国に設置された古代の城柵(じょうさく)。〈もものうじょう〉〈ももうのき〉ともいう。桃生柵とも記される。遺跡は宮城県桃生郡河北町（現・石巻市）飯野に比定されている。陸奥国の山道路を押さえる伊治(いじ)城とともに，海道を扼するため，757年に築造が計画され，760年に完成したと推定されている（《続日本紀》）。築城にあたっては奥羽(おうう)の行政・軍事の全権を掌握した藤原朝【かり】(あさかり)が力を注いだとされ，陸奥国や坂東(ばんどう)諸国の浮浪人・騎兵・鎮兵・夷俘(いしゅう)らが動員された。774年に海道の蝦夷(えみし・えぞ)が反乱を起こし，橋が焼かれ，桃生城の西郭が破られている。跡地は北上川の旧流路に面する独立丘陵地で，全体の規模は東西約650m・南北約700mの不整方形と推定され，外郭部の北辺・東辺・西辺の一部に幅約７m・高さ１mの土塁の痕跡がみられる。東郭に東西約116m・南北約72mの内郭地区があり，その内部に規則的に配列された建物３棟が検出され，うち２棟は焼失の跡が確認されている。→城

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