Shinobuzaka

Japanese: 忍坂 - おしさか

The ancient name of the area on the western foot of Mount Tokama in the eastern part of Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture. It is also written as Onsaka or Osasaka, and is also called Osaka. The relic name of Oshisaka in Sakurai City is Ossaka. The place name Oshisaka appears in the Nihon Shoki, in the pre-accession chapter of Emperor Jimmu, and in the October entry for the 39th year of Emperor Suinin's reign. According to the latter article, 1,000 swords were made at this time, and they were stored in Oshisaka Village, and then moved to Isonokami Shrine (present-day Tenri City, Nara Prefecture). Also, the inscription on the Sumida Hachiman Jinbutsu Eijikyo, which is kept at Sumida Hachiman Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture and is thought to date back to the 5th century, reads "The Great King, His Younger Brother, is at Oshisaka Palace," which may indicate that Emperor Keitai was at Oshisaka Palace (there is also a theory that Oshisaka Palace is a person's name). It is believed that Emperor Ingyo's wife, Oshisaka no Oinakahime, and Emperor Bidatsu's son, Oshisakahikohito no Oe no Oji, had palaces here, and the tomb of Emperor Jomei (Oshisaka Nairyo) was also built here. Under the Ritsuryo system, the area belonged to Shikinokami County and became Oshisaka-go, and in the Middle Ages there was Oshisaka-sho, and in the early modern period there was Oshisaka (Onsaka) village. There is a shrine listed in the Engishiki, Oshisaka Isumune Shrine.

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Japanese:

奈良県桜井市の東部，外鎌(とかま)山西麓の古代以来の地名。恩坂，押坂とも書き，〈おさか〉ともいう。遺称地である桜井市忍阪は〈おっさか〉。地名〈忍坂〉は《日本書紀》神武天皇即位前紀や垂仁天皇39年10月条にみえ，後者の記事によるとこのとき大刀１千口を新たに作らせ，〈忍坂邑〉に収蔵したのち石上(いそのかみ)神宮（現奈良県天理市）に移している。また５世紀ころとみられる和歌山県隅田(すだ)八幡神社蔵の隅田八幡人物画像鏡銘文に〈大王男弟王在意柴沙加宮〉とあり，これは継体天皇が〈意柴沙加(おしさか)宮〉にいたことを示すものとも考えられる（意柴沙加宮を人名とする説もある）。允恭天皇の后妃〈忍坂大中姫〉や敏達天皇の皇子〈押坂彦人大兄皇子〉は当地に宮を営んだと推定され，舒明天皇の陵墓（押坂内陵）も設けられている。律令制下では城上(しきのかみ)郡に属して忍坂郷となり，中世には忍坂荘，近世には忍坂（恩坂）村があった。式内社〈忍坂坐生根(おしさかにいますいくね)神社〉がある。

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