Jurigi and Government Office

The road along the river from north to west of Noba High School is an old road called Kamakura-shita Road. There are many legends around this road that make you feel the history of this area.
First of all, the castle. Once upon a time, before the Kamakura period, it is said that there was a castle called Iijima Castle on the hill opposite side across this road.
At that time, the castle was like a fort or a slow stand, and was built on a hill with a good view so that you could quickly find enemies rushing from afar. It is said that Iijima Castle had a single view, so it was moved to the present Noba Chuo Park in the Kamakura period.
The place name near this area is called "political office". In the Heian period, the office of the manor, which was the territory of the royal family and nobles, was called the government office. An important government office that took on the politics of the Shogunate during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Of course, this "political office" was also located in Kamakura and Kyoto. Also, the wives of nobles and warlords were called "Kitamasasho"-the wife of Yoritomo Minamoto, Masako Hojo, was also called this, or maybe there was a territory of such a person.
But why remains as the place name of Noba?
In addition, there are nine places where "towns" such as "Maetamachi" and "Fukadacho" are located near here. At that time, why was such a place name given to this place, which seemed to have been deep?
Unfortunately, there is nothing to prove whether it is a castle or the origin of the place name. It is a mysterious place name. However, from these legends, from the Heian period to the Kamakura period, the area around Nobacho may have been an important place.
There is also a place name called "Juriki". This is the story of the Edo period. It is said that it was called like this because it is just Juri from Edo Nihonbashi. There may have been a landmark tree. If you measure it on a map, it is certainly about 40 kilometers. One ri is 4 kilometers, so it's exactly 10 ri.
The fact that such a place name is given indicates that this road was actively used during the Edo period.

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