Morning Wife - Asazuma

Japanese: 朝妻 - あさづま

The name of a place in Sakata County, Omi Province, which has been a key point for land and water transportation since ancient times. It is located in present-day Maibara Town, Shiga Prefecture (now Maibara City), and faces Lake Biwa. It inherited the name of Asatsuma Town, Sakata County, as recorded in the Wamyō Ruijūshō, and in 950, the Asatsuma rule was set at 120 koku for boat fare to transport tributes and taxes from Mino Province (Tounan-in documents). In neighboring Chikuma, Chikuma Mikuriya was established as a place of rent for the Miyauchisho Zenshi, and niebito (people who offer offerings) provided them with soy-marinated crucian carp, sushi-marinated crucian carp, and seasoned salted crucian carp (Ruijū Sandai Kaku). During the Kamakura period, Asatsuma Manor was found as the territory of Kyoto Hosho-ji Temple, and the manor was divided into Hosho-ji and Jugo-jo districts and was ruled by them. The lord of Jugo was inherited from Kameyama-in to Shokeimon-in to Prince Sera to Rinsen-ji Temple in Kyoto, and it seems that no jito was appointed. Saigyo's "Yamaga-shu" includes a poem about the Asatsuma boat, but it is also known that Kiso Yoshinaka entered the area from the Hokuriku region, and Ichijo Kaneyoshi passed through the area. During the Sengoku period, Asatsuma Castle was built and became the site of a conflict between the Rokkaku and Azai clans, but under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, merchants were prohibited from passing by land and sea, and in 1573, when Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki rebelled, he ordered the construction of more than 10 large ships to transport his entire army across the sea from the area. Later, Nagahama Port was opened, and the area was forced into decline when the Hikone Domain built Maibara Port in 1603. During the Edo period, the area was known as Asatsuma Village under the same domain, until the end of the Edo period.

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Japanese:

近江国坂田郡の地名で，古来水陸交通の要所であった。現在の滋賀県米原(まいはら)町（現・米原市）にあり，琵琶湖に臨む。《和名類聚抄》に記す坂田郡朝妻郷の郷名を継承し，950年に美濃国の調・庸を運ぶ舟賃が朝妻定として120石とされている（東南院文書）。隣接する筑摩には宮内省膳司の料所として筑摩御厨(みくりや)が置かれ，贄人(にえびと)が醤鮒・鮨鮒・味塩鮒などを納めている（《類聚三代格》）。鎌倉期には京都法勝(ほっしょう)寺領として朝妻荘がみえ，荘内は法勝寺郷・十五条郷などに分割されて支配を受けたが，うち十二条の領家職は亀山院−昭慶門院−世良親王−京都臨川(りんせん)寺と伝領され，地頭は置かれていなかったらしい。西行《山家集》には〈あさづまぶね〉が詠み込まれているが，陸路としても木曾義仲が北陸から入っているほか，一条兼良(かねら)の通行なども知られる。戦国期には朝妻城が築かれ，六角氏と浅井氏の抗争の場となったが，織田信長の支配下では諸商人の通行を海陸ともに禁じ，1573年には将軍足利義昭の謀反に際して当地から全軍を渡海させるため大船10余艘の建造を命じている。のち長浜湊が開かれ，1603年には彦根藩が米原湊を築いたため衰退を余儀なくされた。江戸時代は同藩領の朝妻村として推移，幕末に至る。

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