Ogawa [village] - Ogawa

Japanese: 緒川[村] - おがわ

A village in Naka County, northern Ibaraki Prefecture. Population 4,867 (1995). It is located in the Yamizo Mountains, with the Ogawa River, a tributary of the Naka River, flowing through the eastern part of the village. 60% of the village area is forest, and only 10% is arable land. There are many small part-time farmers, and while charcoal production and tobacco leaf cultivation were once the main businesses, in recent years livestock farming and shiitake mushroom cultivation have been taking place. There has been a significant outflow of population, and in 1970 the village was designated a depopulated area. In the early Meiji period, a peasant uprising (the Oze Disturbance) occurred in this village in opposition to land tax reform. [Chiba Tatsuya]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

茨城県北部，那珂郡の村。人口4867(1995)。八溝山地にあり，東部を那珂川の支流緒川が流れる。村域の6割が山林で，耕地は1割にすぎない。小規模な兼業農家が多く，かつては製炭と葉タバコ栽培が中心であったが，近年は畜産やシイタケ栽培が行われている。人口の流出が著しく，1970年には過疎地域の指定を受けた。明治初年，地租改正に反対する農民一揆〈小瀬騒動〉がこの村で起こっている。【千葉立也】

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