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Tadatsune gave up when Minamoto no Yorinobu was sent to him, didn’t he? After resisting for about three years? That feels kind of sudden… Lord Tadatsune is actually one of our ancestors. Back when Minamoto no Yorinobu was Governor of Hitachi, he defeated Lord Tadatsune in battle. From that time on, Lord Tadatsune served him as his lord. So when Yorinobu came for him again, well... it’s no surprise he surrendered so quickly. Wait... Minamoto? You mean that Minamoto? Indeed. Minamoto no Yorinobu was an ancestor of Lord Yoritomo, who later founded the Kamakura shogunate.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 12Why Did Chiba Become a Thriving Town? Chibanosuke Guide I wonder what made Chiba grow into a town? It must be the same reason Lord Tsuneshige chose to settle here. Indeed! Roads from all over the Bōsō region converged here, and there was a port on Tokyo Bay— making it a perfect place for people and goods to come and go. And truth be told, that hasn’t changed one bit. Lord Tsuneshige had a keen eye, he did!

Is Hidden in a Rice Field Chibanosuke Guide Something shines in the ground! What’s buried there? After being moved to Chibadera Temple, Myōken-sama was stolen and buried in a rice field in a place called Ikeda, beneath Inohana. But thanks to the divine light shining from the ground, people were able to find and recover the sacred statue.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 23Why Was He Bound? Chibanosuke Guide Whoa—what did this man do to get tied up like that? That’s Kokubu Saburō, a member of our clan. He kidnapped our young lord, Kamewakamaru-sama. But then—an arrow flew from Myōken-sama’s shrine, revealing that they located in Shinagawa. And that’s how the culprit was caught.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 28The Pastures of Shimousa Chibanosuke Guide Wow, that pasture stretches all the way from Chiba to Noda! That be the Kogane Pasture. In Shimousa Province, there was also the Sakura Pasture, and in Awa Province, the Mineoka Pasture. So Chiba had lots of pastures! Were there government pastures like this all over Japan? Nay—other than those, only the Ashitaka Pasture in today’s Shizuoka Prefecture existed. The shogunate’s pastures were mostly concentrated in what is now Chiba Prefecture.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 31Decorative Boats and Their Magnificent Banners Chibanosuke Guide Chiba Boat and Yūki Boat (Illustrated Scroll of the Great Origins of Myōkenji Temple in Chiba Village, Shimousa Province) Decorative Banner for the Large Festival Boat The old Myōken Festival seems really different from today. Aye. Back in the Edo period, two large boats joined the Myōken Festival procession-one in front and one behind the mikoshi-each adorned with magnificent decorative banners. Wow, Those banners are so beautiful! Indeed! They were beautifully embroidered and stretched as long as 15 meters.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 35A Sweet Connection with Sweet Potatoes!? Chibanosuke Guide Starch production from sweet potatoes flourished after the Meiji period. In the late Taishō era, a factory that processed starch into food products moved into the city, making it an important local industry. They say the starch was used to make things like mizuame (sweet syrup). Chiba City really has a close connection with sweet potatoes! I love roasted sweet potatoes and mizuame! We should be grateful to the people of the past who valued sweet potatoes so much.

attached bombs to balloons about 10 meters in diameter. They released them into the jet stream to send them across the Pacific to attack America. It was created by the Army's Technical Research Institute and launched by the Army Balloon Regiment. They launched about 9,000 of them from three coastal areas—along the Pacific in Ibaraki, Fukushima, and Chiba. Nearly 1,000 made it all the way to the U.S., and some even caused casualties. What a terrifying weapon…

それぞれのテーマにじっくりと取り組んでみましょう。 THE CHIBA SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND MEDIA is a school where creative professionals such as artists and designers are the teachers. A slanted perspective, different from usual, are encouraged to allow students to try new ways of expression using various types of media. This time the School will hold a Continuous Workshop for the first time, as a special project for the CHIBA CITY FESTIVAL OF ARTS. Three-hour workshops will be held five times,

encounter new perspectives and values, we have a tendency to want to start something new. Chiba City should no longer be, “Nothing special” but a place to create “Something new.” Opportunities to learn and change, should exist outside the school, in lots of places. Obviously, you cannot create something from nothing. From the tradition that already exists as part of our lives, we can find brilliant things that can bring on the future. And we can polish these and reshape them into new forms. This is an advantage for us Japanese, who live in a country with a long