Yamanakago

Japanese: 山中郷 - やまなかごう

A medieval village in Nukata County, Mikawa Province. It is identified with the area from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture to Nukata Town, Nukata County (present Okazaki City). In 1377, it was divided into southern and northern parts by the Muromachi Shogunate's ryosho, with 18 members in the southern part and 24 in the northern part. The public land totaled 35 cho 8 tan, and the total annual tax, including lodging land rent, was 630 kan 873 mon. In 1380, it was donated by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as a ryosho for the construction of the Western Temple of Toji Temple, and in 1391, the annual tax of 200 kan mon was restored to the Shogunate's ryosho and was paid to Ise Sadayuki. It has also been a key point along the Tokaido since ancient times, and in 1432, the monk Gyocho, who accompanied Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori on his journey to Suruga, wrote in his "Land of Fuji" that "there is no greater liveliness than at noon at an inn in the mountains." When Fujikawa (now Okazaki City) was designated as a post station on the Tokaido in 1601, the station lost its function as a post station. In Maigi, there is the ruins of Yamanaka Castle, the base of the Saigo clan and the Matsudaira clan of Okazaki.

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Japanese:

三河国額田(ぬかた)郡内にあった中世郷。愛知県岡崎市から額田郡額田町（現・岡崎市）にかけての地に比定される。1377年時には室町幕府料所で南方・北方に分かれ，南方は18名，北方は24名に編成されていた。公田は計35町８反余，宿地子などを含む年貢の合計は630貫873文。1380年には足利義満により東寺西院造営料所として寄進され，1391年には年貢200貫文分が幕府料所に復し，伊勢貞行に宛行(あておこな)われた。また古代以来の東海道沿いの要所で，1432年の将軍足利義教の駿河下向に随行した僧尭孝の《覧富士記》には〈山中の宿にて御ひるまのほどにぎはゝしさもかぎりなし〉と記される。1601年藤川（現岡崎市）が東海道の宿に指定されると，宿駅としての機能は失われた。なお郷内舞木(まいぎ)には，西郷氏さらには岡崎松平氏の拠った山中城跡がある。

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