Yanadani [village] - Yanadani

Japanese: 柳谷[村] - やなだに

A village in Kamiukena County, in the central-southern part of Ehime Prefecture. Population 1,509 (1995). Located in the Shikoku Mountains, surrounded by mountains with an altitude of 1,300 to 1,500 meters, the Omogo River and its tributary, the Kurokawa River, flow through the village. The village borders Kochi Prefecture from the east to the south, but the southern border is a plateau area of the Shikoku Karst at an altitude of 1,400 meters. The village area is in the southern part of the area formerly known as Kumayama, and in the mountains near the Tosa border, papermaking was done by cultivating paper mulberry. The Kumayama Uprising, in which 3,000 farmers fled to Ozu Castle town in protest against the Matsuyama Domain's new papermaking law in 1741 (Kanpo 1), began in Kuzu Village (present-day Nakatsu) here.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

愛媛県中南部，上浮穴（かみうけな）郡の村。人口1509(1995)。四国山地の山間にあり，周囲を標高1300～1500m級の山に囲まれ，面河（おもご）川とその支流黒川が流れる。東から南にかけて高知県に接するが，南部県境は標高1400mの四国カルストの高原地帯である。村域は，かつて久万山（くまやま）とよばれた地域の南部にあたり，土佐国境近くの山間では，コウゾを栽培して紙すきが行われていた。1741年(寛保1)松山藩の紙方新法に反対して農民3000人が大洲（おおず）城下に逃散（ちようさん）した久万山騒動は，当地の久主（くず）村(現，中津)から起こっている。

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