Eguchi - Eguchi

Japanese: 江口 - えぐち

A key water traffic point located at the point where the Mikuni River (present-day Kanzaki River) branches off from the main Yodo River. It is currently located near Eguchi, at the eastern end of Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka City. In 785, a new river was dug between the Yodo River and the Mikuni River, and a waterway was built to connect them. Since then, the area has developed rapidly, becoming a key transportation point where the road from Heian-kyo to Sanyo and Saikaido and the road to Nankaido split. Especially from the mid-Heian period onwards, pilgrimages to Kishu Kumano and Koyasan, as well as Settsu Shitennoji Temple and Sumiyoshi Shrine (Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine) became popular, and as exchanges and transport of people and goods between manor lords such as aristocrats and powerful temples and shrines and local people and goods became frequent, the number of people staying overnight at Eguchi on the way there and back increased dramatically. Many courtesans gathered in Eguchi-shuku to cater to the guests traveling and staying overnight, and it prospered as a red-light district alongside Kanzaki and Kashima in Settsu. This is described in detail in Oe Masafusa's "Yujo-ki." Some courtesans became wives or concubines of aristocrats, and in the "Sonpi Bunmyaku" and "Kugyo Bunin," there are many courtesans whose mothers are described as courtesans. One particularly famous courtesan was the courtesan Myo, known for her poetic dialogues with Saigyo, and her poems are included in the "Shin Kokin Wakashu" and "Yamagashu." Myo was commonly known as Eguchi no Kimi, and it is said that after her poetic dialogues with Saigyo, she became inspired and built a hermitage (Eguchi Kimido), and the Nichiren sect temple Jakko-ji, which is said to be its successor, is located in Eguchi. → Post Stations and Inns → Related Articles Kawajiri | Naniwazu

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Japanese:

淀川の本流から三国(みくに)川（現在の神崎川）が分岐する地点にあった水上交通の要所。現在の大阪市東淀川区の東端，江口付近にあたる。785年淀川と三国川との間に新川を掘って水路で結ぶ工事が行われてから急速に発展，平安京から山陽・西海両道へいく道と南海道方面へいく道とに分れる交通の要衝となった。とくに平安中期以降，紀州熊野・高野(こうや)山，あるいは摂津(せっつ)四天王寺・住吉社（住吉大社）参詣などが盛行し，また貴族・権門寺社などの荘園領主と現地の人間・物資の交流・輸送が頻繁になってくると，往来の途次，江口に宿泊する者が激増してきた。そして江口宿には，その往来宿泊の客を対象として多数の遊女が集まり，摂津神崎(かんざき)・蟹島(かしま)などと並んで色里として繁栄していった。その様子は大江匡房(まさふさ)の《遊女記》に詳しい。遊女のなかには貴族の妻妾となる者もあり，《尊卑分脈》や《公卿補任》などにはその母を遊女と記す者がかなり存在する。遊女のなかで特に有名なのは，西行の歌問答で知られる遊女妙で，彼女の歌は《新古今和歌集》《山家集》に収録されている。なお妙は俗に江口君(えぐちのきみ)とよばれ，西行との歌問答後発心して庵（江口君堂）を建立したと伝え，その後身という日蓮宗寂光(じゃっこう)寺が江口にある。→宿・宿駅
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