Okawachi

Japanese: 大河内 - おかわち

A place name in Iitaka District, Ise Province, which is now Okawachi Town, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture. It is located where the Sakanai River flows into the Ise Plain. In the late Middle Ages, the Kitabatake clan, the governor of Ise Province, who stayed in Tage, Ichishi District (now Misugi Town, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture) near the border between Ise and Yamato, established an administrative base in charge of the plains, making it a strategic political and military location. The Okawachi clan, whose ancestor was Kitabatake Mitsumasa's younger brother Akimasa, lived here until the Eiroku period (1558-1570) as one of the so-called Three Imperial Palaces (Okawachi, Sakanai, Tamaru), and it was commonly known as the Okawachi Imperial Palace. Because the Okawachi clan had a close relationship with the main Kitabatake family, Okawachi was considered the main castle administratively. When Oda Nobunaga invaded southern Ise in 1569, Kitabatake Tomonori and Tomonori were defeated and were forced to accept Nobunaga's second son, Nobuo, as the successor to the Kitabatake clan. The large ruins of Okawachi Castle remain on the right bank of the Sakanai River. The castle grounds, measuring 360m east to west and 320m north to south, include the remains of the main citadel, second citadel, and western citadel, as well as the remains of a storeroom and horse riding grounds. In the early modern period, Okawachi Village was part of the Matsusaka domain of the Wakayama domain, and was known for its cotton and tobacco.

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Japanese:

伊勢国飯高(いいたか)郡の地名で，現在の三重県松阪(まつさか)市大河内町にあたる。坂内(さかない)川が伊勢平野に流れ出すところに位置。中世後期，伊勢と大和の国境近くの一志(いちし)郡多気(たげ)（現三重県津市美杉町）にこもった伊勢国司北畠氏が平野部を管掌する行政基地をおいた政治・軍事上の要地。北畠満雅の弟顕雅を祖とする大河内氏が，いわゆる三御所（大河内・坂内・田丸）の一つとして永禄年間（1558年−1570年）まで居住し，大河内御所と通称された。大河内氏は北畠本宗家と関係が深かったため，行政上は大河内が本城の観を呈した。1569年織田信長の南伊勢侵入に際し，北畠具教・具房は大河内城に籠城したが敗れ，信長の次男信雄の北畠氏継嗣を認めざるをえなくなった。現在坂内川右岸に大規模な大河内城跡が残る。東西360m，南北320mの城地に本丸・二ノ丸・西ノ丸の跡，周辺にお納戸跡・馬場跡などの遺構がある。近世の大河内村は和歌山藩松坂領で，産物として木綿・煙草が知られた。

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