Matsumoto, a village of the Shogunate

There is an old temple called Shogakuji on the hillside of Konan Junior High School. If you go up the sixty-six stone steps, it's a good view overlooking all sides.
Once upon a time, there was a large pine tree near this temple, and the area around here was called Matsumoto Village, centering on Konan 1-chome to 6-chome.
The name "Matsumoto" not only did it have a large pine tree, but also a certain secret.
The time was about 400 years ago, from a huge old pine tree near a temple called Shogakuji Temple, a hidden secret.
"Boar, Boer,"
And he blew the conch.
And from nowhere, some turmoil came together toward this pine tree.

These samurai are those related to Tokugawa. In fact, this area was an important base of the former Odawara Hojo who fought against Tokugawa, and was close to the territory of Mr. Mamiya, who was called the Sagami Shu 14 Family.
The Mamiya family was a group of powerful samurai who was particularly talented among the 14 families. Some of the Mamiya clan became a vassal of Ieyasu Tokugawa after Odawara fell.
However, Ieyasu thought they did not know when to rebellion, gave farmland to low-ranked samurai and always monitor the movement of the clan.
It was these secrets that gathered at the root of the pine at the signal of the conch shell. That's why the name of the village "Matsumoto" was such a thing. There are several places called "Matsumoto" other than Konan, but it may have some relationship.
In addition, there seems to be a theory that Matsumoto was taken from Tokugawa's maiden name Matsudaira and was given to a place closely related to Tokugawa.
At present, there is no pine tree near Shogakuji that was a landmark, but the fact that there is a town named Nishimatsumoto and Higashimatsumoto may be a remnant of this.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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