Yuyao (English spelling)

Japanese: 余姚 - よよう（英語表記）Yú yáo

A city in the eastern part of Zhejiang Province, China, occupying the center of the plain on the south shore of Hangzhou Bay. Population 820,000 (1994). A prefecture was established in the Qin dynasty, and has changed little since the Han dynasty, except for a short period. It originally belonged to Kuaiji County, and during the Tang and Five Dynasties it belonged to Yuezhou (Shaoxing), and from the Song dynasty onwards it belonged to Shaoxing Prefecture, but now it is part of the Ningbo region. It is said that the place name comes from the fact that the Shun clan, whose surname was Yao, was given the title here. It lies halfway along the Zhejiang East Canal, which connects Ningbo in the east with Shaoxing and Hangzhou in the west, and with fertile plains in front of it, it was one of the major regional centers in eastern Zhejiang.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国浙江省東部，杭州湾南岸平野の中央を占める市。人口82万(1994)。秦代に県が設けられ，漢以後も一時期を除いてほとんど変化はない。当初は会稽（かいけい）郡に属し，唐･五代は越州(紹興)，宋以降は紹興府に属したが，今は寧波（ニンポー）地区に属す。地名は姚を姓とする舜の一族がここに封ぜられたためという。東の寧波と西の紹興･杭州を結ぶ浙東運河の中間にあり，前面には肥沃な平野が開けて，浙東における有力な地域中心の一つであった。

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