Yakumo [Village] - Yakumo

Japanese: 八雲[村] - やくも

A village in Yatsuka County, eastern Shimane Prefecture. Population 6,694 (1995). Bordering the south of Matsue City, the Iu River flows north through the center of the town, where the Kuwanami River, Higashiiwasaka River, and other rivers join. Kumano Taisha Shrine, located upstream of the Iu River, is an ancient shrine that appears in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki and was highly praised alongside Izumo Taisha Shrine. During the Sengoku period, the area was an important route to Gassan Castle (Hirose Town), the residence of the Amago clan, and Kumano Castle, located south of Kumano Taisha Shrine, was captured by the Mori clan's invasion. During the Edo period, with the encouragement of the Matsue domain, tea cultivation in the Kumano area and Japanese paper manufacturing in the Bessho area of Higashiiwasaka were thriving. Handmade Japanese paper is still produced in Bessho today, and is known as Izumo folk paper.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

島根県東部，八束（やつか）郡の村。人口6694(1995)。松江市の南に接し，中央を北流する意宇川に桑並川，東岩坂川などが合流する。意宇川上流にある熊野大社は《出雲国風土記》にみえる古社で，出雲大社と並び称された。戦国期には尼子氏の居城月山（がつさん）城(広瀬町)への要路にあたり，熊野大社南方にあった熊野城は，毛利氏の侵攻により落城した。江戸時代には松江藩の奨励もあって，熊野地区での茶の栽培や東岩坂の別所地区での和紙製造が盛んで，別所では現在も手すき和紙生産が行われ，出雲民芸紙として知られる。

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