Yahagi

A district on the right bank of the Yahagi River in the west of Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Formerly known as Yahagi Town, it was a key transportation hub that developed due to the ferry across the Yahagi River and its market. Even today, the Nagoya Railroad Nagoya Main Line and National Route 1 pass through the area. The name of the area comes from the story of how Emperor Yamato Takeru had people make arrows out of native bamboo to drive away bandits during his expedition to the east. It is also one of the locations in the legend of "The Tale of Princess Jorurihime" (Twelve Stages), where Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who was on his way to Oshu, made a promise to spend a night with the daughter of a local wealthy man.

[Gohei Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

愛知県岡崎市の西部、矢作川右岸にある地区。旧矢作町。古くは矢矧とも書き、交通の要地で矢作川の渡しと市場により発達。現在も名古屋鉄道名古屋本線、国道1号が通じる。地名の由来は、日本武尊(やまとたけるのみこと)が東征の際、自生竹で矢をつくらせ賊を退散させた故事による。また奥州へ下る源義経(よしつね)がこの地の長者の娘と一夜を契る『浄瑠璃姫(じょうるりひめ)物語』（十二段草子）の伝承地の一つ。

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