Agricultural Improvement

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For crossing rivers flowing from mountains, construction methods such as sheeting board (level crossing), elevated flume (overpass above the river), and underground trough (overpass below the river) are constructed according to the conditions of the river. The weirs were made concrete by the Kamanashi River right bank land improvement project implemented from 1965 to 1973, but the positions and essential structures of the irrigation canals that have continued since the Edo period still remain in many places today. Currently, the Tokushima Weir is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and its management is contracted by the Union of Land Improvement Areas on the Right Bank of the Kamanashi River. In addition to being used in the sprinkler nets laid in the paddy fields of Nirasaki City and the Southern Alps City and in the Midaigawa alluvial fan, the running water is also used for fire prevention in communities, flood control, and small hydroelectric power generation using water wheels. There is Reported to the National Council for Cultural Affairs and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for new registration. On June 17, 2022, the National Culture Council positioned the Tokushima Weir as a cultural property suitable for national registration. This is the second registered monument in Yamanashi Prefecture, and the third nationally registered monument following Tachibai Canal (Taki Town, Matsuzaka City, Mie Prefecture) and Nikaryo Canal (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) becomes.

- 7月 08, 2023

Tokushima Hyozaemon Toshimasa (year of birth unknown) was a merchant living in Fukagawa, Edo (present-day Koto Ward, Tokyo), and was apparently an avid follower of the Nichiren sect with a wealth of business talent. In the first year of Kanbun (1661), when Hyozaemon visited Mt. Minobu, he learned that Nishigoori, Koma County had a large area of land that had been left untouched due to lack of water. As a result of a field survey later, he dug a weir from Kamitsuburai to Kajikazawa to allow water from the Kamanashi River to pass through, and collected water charges (water usage fees) from the newly developed rice fields and fields converted into rice fields. I made a plan to manage with a rebate of the annual tribute. The feudal lord of the Kofu domain (1600) After the Battle of Sekigahara, Senchiyo Tokugawa, the adopted son of Chikayoshi Hiraiwa, the governor of Kofu, entered the domain, but died young in the same year. Yoshinao Tokugawa (the 9th son of Ieyasu) entered the domain...

Kuwado's Five Great Myo-o statues are said to have been made in the late Heian period, using a single piece of cypress wood. In the Edo period, it was decorated with bright colors such as red and blue, but during recent restoration work, it has been restored to its original beautiful appearance. Fudo hall's auspiciousness is related to Jizo-in Temple, and he founded Morin hermitage (to become Jizo-in Temple after combining with Hoju hermitage) to mourn for the family's bodhisattva. In 1586, Fudo hall was built in this place, which is the place corresponding to the Omotekimon（front demon gate: Ushitora (艮), which is said to be the worst in Onmyodo, the northeast corner）of Kuwado, and the Godai Myo-o enshrined in Morin hermitage was moved. Since then, it is recorded that Myo-o was enshrined in Kuwado as an object of worship to protect against disasters and gain worldly benefits. Based on the placement of the Five Great Myoos in Kuwado, it is believed that they were enshrined in a temple of the Shingon sect. In the case of Jizo-in Temple of the Soto sect, which enshrines Ususama Myoo, who has the merit of "purifying uncleanness,'' one of the Five Great Myoos should be enshrined, but Kongoyasha Myoo is enshrined reason. Therefore, it was enshrined in a temple of the Shingon sect, but the temple was washed away due to flooding caused by the flooding of the Kotori River (currently the Fuefuki River). There is a theory that it may have been moved. The current Fudo-do was built in 1719. As mentioned above, the arrangement of the five great Myoos is centered around Fudo Myoo, followed by Gosansei Myoo (east), Gundari Myoo (south), Daiitoku Myoo (west), and Kongo Yasha Myoo (north). At Fudo-do, they are lined up in a row with Fudo Myo-o in the middle. After the restoration work and exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum, a new preservation facility was built, and now it protects the Kuwado district and its residents behind Fudo hall. 五大明王: 仏教の信仰の対象で, 密教の尊格である明王の中でも'不動明王'を中心とした, 降三世明王, 軍荼利明王, 大威徳明王, 金剛夜叉明王の五体を指す.

- 7月 05, 2023

In Kuwado, Kasugai Town, there is an old temple on the border with Yamanashi City, which is surrounded by peach orchards near the Fuefuki River. In 1160, during the Heiji War, Fujiwara retainer Motegi Shichirobei Nobusada, who moved from the capital to Kuwado Village in Kai Province, built Morin-an (together with Hoju-an, later to become Jizo-in Temple). Although it is not certain, the five wooden statues of the Five Great Myoos were built. During the Warring States Period, the statues of the Five Great Myoos enshrined in Jizo-in Temple were moved to their current location, which is located in the village's Omotekimon (northeast direction), in order to protect Kuwado from disasters. Fudo hall was built in 1719. The Fudoson Festival is held on January 28th every year. It is deeply worshiped by local residents as "Gotaison". Local volunteers "Kuwado Gotaison no Kai" (established in 2012 by volunteers from the Kuwato area. Currently has 62 members.) The five great ...

Tomomitsu Yuki was born in 1168 as a child of Masamitsu Oyama, who was based in Oyama-so in Shimotsuke Province. His mother was Samukawani (1137-1228: a woman in the late Heian period and early Kamakura period. Daughter of Munetsuna Hatta, older sister of Tomoie Hatta. Second wife of Masamitsu Oyama, a local ruling family in Shimotsuke Province). On October 2, 1180, Yoritomo celebrated his coming-of-age ceremony as Eboshi-Oya (temporarily assumed parents) at Sumida inn, Musashi Province, and was named Oyama Shichiro Munetomo (later changed his name to Asako). On April 7, 1181, he was added to Yoritomo's eleven guards. On February 28, 1183, he was appointed as Jito of Yuki County, Shimousa Province as a reward for quelling Yoshihiro Shida's rebellion (the Battle of Nogimiya). In the conquest of Oshu in 1189, he acquired Mutsu Shirakawa-so. On October 25, 1199, after the death of Yoritomo, he said, "A loyal retainer will not serve two lords...,'' and he was in a predicament because of Kagetoki KAJIWARA's slander, but he consulted with Yoshimura MIURA. Kagetoki loses his position. In 1221, during the Jokyu Disturbance, he joined Nobumitsu Takeda, Nagakiyo Ogasawara, and Tomonaga Koyama as commanders of the Tosando Road（Starting from the capital, it goes through Omi Province, Mino Province, Shinano Province, Kozuke Province, and finally to Shimotsuke Province）. In May 1235 he was added to the council, but resigned on June 3rd of the same year. He died on February 24, 1254 (87 years old).

- 7月 02, 2023

Shomyoji Temple of the Hongwanji School of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism: After the founder of the Yuki family, Asako, entered the Buddhist monastery and built his own Buddhist temple, it became Tomomitsu's temple with one's family grave as Shinran's disciple Shinbutsu as the foundation. The temple gate is the Nijo gate that was inherited from the Nijo family in Kyoto when the priest Shaki Shinkaku was invited. Tomomitsu devoted himself to Shinran Shonin (1173-1262: cherishing the joy of being born with people and living together), who had built a thatched hut in Hitachi Province for missionary work in the Kanto region from around 1214. Nenbutsu-do was built. In 1225, Nenbutsu-do Hall was moved to Yuki Hongo Nishinomiya and built by inviting Shinbutsu. The name of the temple is said to have been taken from Tomomitsu's legal name, "Shomyojiden Nichiamidabutsu''. Shinbutsu is one of Shinran's 'Twenty-Four Kanto Senpai', and Shomyo-ji Temple is one of the ...