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The origin of Shitsukawa
Located in the upper reaches of the Hatsuka River (also known as the Shitsukawa River and Tamba River), which is a tributary of the Muko River, the Shitsukawa River has high mountains on all sides, and the river runs behind the mountains. It is said that he chanted "Shitsukawa" and guessed the character "after". In ancient times, it formed Yoto-go, one of Yasato in Taki-gun, and in "Wamyō Ruijushō", it is introduced as a town that was surrounded by the four peaks and isolated from other villages, and formed its own land. In the Nara period, the entire basin became the territory of Todaiji Temple, and since Tenpyo 20 (748), it became the earliest established villa in Tanba Province. In the early Edo period, the village was divided into three villages, Shitsukawakami Village, Shitsukawakami Village, Shitsukawa Nakamura, and Shitsukawa Shimomura. It is recorded that the village of Okumura was separated from the village.
The "Saibo Onsen", which is still composed of these five villages and is said to have been hidden by the Heike Ochimusha to heal their wounds, is located in Shitsukawa Nitta Village, which is a tributary of the Hanehigashi River, in the middle of the Tagatsuji River. By the end of the Meiji era, the number of people exceeded 1,000 and the number of households was 200. Kasuga Shrine, which is said to have been established in the first year of Tenpuku (1233), is enshrined in the central village of Kawakami Village, as if it was once ruled by Mr. Gotohara, a manor of Todaiji Temple.
5 villages in Shitsukawa
Shitsukawa Nitta
Shitsukawa Shinden, which is the uppermost basin of the Hatsuka River, is composed of the tributary Hara River and the valley of the Tagatsuji River. Along the valley of the gorge where Mt. Ono rises to the south of the Tagtsuji River, the hot spring town is composed of abandoned houses, but there are still several cooking inns along the river. It is distributed in.
Shitsukawakami
Houses are distributed according to the meandering of the Hatsuka River, and currently the houses are divided into the uppermost stream, Yunotani, Shitsukawakami East where Ryukasuga Shrine is located, the confluence of the Mukai River, and Shitsukawakami West. Except for Shitsukawakami, which forms a village, there are several scattered villages scattered around. The Sasayama Valley Forest Park is maintained along the valley where the Mukai and Kumamaru rivers meet.
Shitsukawanaka
Shitsukawa Inari Shrine (Gosha Inari) is located on the mountain side along the Teratani River, and Seiin Temple, a Zen temple, is located so as to touch the ridge to the west. Seiin Temple was founded in 1423, disappeared in the battle of Hajo Castle, rebuilt in 1682, and the current building was built in 1793. During the Edo period, there were many residents such as merchants and Mr. Enbasha as a key point of transportation from Tamba to Settsu, and the Gogawa Inari Shrine, which was crowded with worshipers, was dedicated to hundreds of large and small shrines. There is a bell hall dedicated to the bells and a shrine hall painted in bright red. Kasuga Shrine, which was moved from Haratani in 1241, is enshrined in Mukaiiga City on the opposite bank. The current main shrine was rebuilt in 1849, but on Mt. Ono in the south, there is the ruins of Nikkoji Temple, and below that there is a boundary stone called the seven stones of Matsudaira.
Shitsukawashimo
It is a village formed in the most downstream part along the Hatsuka River in the Tamba area, and forms a village at the foot of the mountain that gently slopes to the south along the tributary of the Tanigawa River that flows down. Inari Shrine is enshrined on the hillside of the eastern foot of the mountain, and the "mountain god", which is thought to be the god of rhinoceros, is located on the west side of the mountain, forming a barrier to the village area.
Shitsukawaoku
It is a village formed along the slope of the valley line due to the erosion of the Okugawa River, which is a tributary of the Hatsuka River. Inside the village, along with Okugawa, which has been renovated into a masonry revetment, it constitutes a unique and powerful landscape that looks up and down vertically.