Tatara no Fire and Yamato Takeru

Have you ever heard the story of the Musou border? The border between Musashi and Sagami passed through the middle of Konan Ward.
I am surprised that Konan Ward was the only national border in all Yokohama wards.
And this border road is said to be the road that "Tatarashi" (the person who makes iron). There are so many houses on this path that have a place name with a gold character, a blacksmith, and a house whose ancestors are gold masters.
Let's think about the reason in time slipping back in time.
Once upon a time, a royal family in the country called Yamato in the west wanted to conquer the eastern country, and one of them, Yamato Takeru, took a large number of soldiers and headed east to east. .
In order to rule the passage of this army, besides soldiers, people who make weapons and prepare food have been brought.
Just around the current Konan, when Yamato Takeru approached, the weather suddenly worsened, black clouds, lightning, and thunder rang, and a number of lightning fell.
By doing so, Yamato Takeru understood the stratum here.
I understand that Konan Ward, especially near the current Konan Ward Office, is so prone to lightning than the place name "thunder." There is a thick layer of iron sand in such places, and it is said that sand iron was sinking red on the bottom of the river in Hinokawa. And some people used this sand iron to work.
Yamato Takeru also played a role in conveying such an iron culture.
Across the border between the Takesou country, there are places in Kanai, Otara, Kajigaya on the Sakae Ward side, Kanai on the Totsuka Ward, Kamariya in Kanazawa Ward, and Kanekusozawa.
It is said that Yamato Takeru's corps went out to the Miura Peninsula, boarded a boat, and crossed to Kanaya in Boso, but old people in Konan think that they passed through Hino and went to Miura. .
There are many side cave tombs at the Takesou border, and human bones and rustic swords are dug out, which can be said to support this. There is also a shrine dedicated to Yamato Takeru. From the lower part of Hinokawa to the vicinity of Mt. Enkai, you can feel the romance of history that "Tatara no Fire" was burning here and there at night.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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