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inlays on the guard and iron arrowheads were excavated from the burial mounds, indicating that this was the base of a powerful clan. Tobarisaku is an important archaeological site which tells us that this area was actually quite developed from an early stage, with a core settlement having been established there since the Yayoi period. 関連リンク 文化財説明版 このページの情報発信元 教育委員会事務局生涯学習部文化財課 千葉市中央

were also guardian deities for the city. Cherished by the Chiba Clan, Inari Shrine was located on the city’s border and it was close to both the main road and Samugawa Minato, making it an important arrival destination for ships. It was recorded that a votive offering was made there for the coming of age ceremony for the heir of the Chiba Clan. In the medieval city of Chiba, a market was located on the south side of the bridge (currently known as the Yamato Bridge) which went over the Miyako River. There was a row of houses

defeat the Chiba Clan? The remains of Jōnodai Castle are located on a plateau east of Ōdo Pond. Upon excavation, stone tools from the Paleolithic Period were discovered, as well as the remains of dwellings from the Jomon and the Heian Period, inferring that a large settlement was located there, in particular during the Kofun Period. After the Kamakura Period, remains of dwellings were found, such as earthen mounds (castle ramparts) and a castle entrance on the north-east side of the plateau, another earthen mound on the south-east side, as well as a flat area known as

Clan Shinmei Shrine, a shrine dedicated to the goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami, was recorded as being one of the guardian deities of the Chiba Clan, known as “Yūki Shinmei” (according to an excerpt from the “Sengakushū”, a collection of historical records which was kept in Chiba Shrine). In the past, there was a port called Chiba Minato located at the estuary of the Miyako River which utilized an inlet known as “Yūkiura”. Chiba Minato served a very important function as a port because the Chiba Clan were lords of the sea at that time and used water transportation for their

with Chiba Tsunetane. According to legend, when Tsunetane was praying for the prosperity and fortune of his descendants, the goddess Benzaiten came to him in a dream. Later, he moved the Benzaiten shrine that was located in Bengayatsu, Kamakura (currently Zaimokuza in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture) to this location. There used to be a spring in this area. It was one of the sources of the Yoshikawa River, a river which flows into the Miyako River, and ran through the town of Chiba. The fact that Benzaiten, who is also the goddess of water, was revered at the Chiba

an illness, which increased her faith in the monk Doyo Teiha, and thus leading to the temple being built north of the castle. Around this time, the Hara clan governed the Oyumi area instead of the Chiba clan, who had moved their headquarters to Motosakura Castle (Shisui Town, Sakura City). There is an ancient document dating back to 1577, which states that Hara Taneyoshi secured the residence and land of Daigan-ji Temple. The Oyumi area was often the target of many attacks, as its close proximity to the port made it an important hub for both land and

moved to Todoroki-cho in Inage Ward. The site where it stood was turned into a park as a part of urbanization plans for post-war restoration. In the shogyo (Buddhist scriptures used in training Buddhist monks or in religious activity) left at Shomyo-ji Temple (Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City), there are records mentioning a “Dainichi-do Hall within the Chiba manor in Shimosa Province”, leading us to believe that it might have been the antecedent to the Dainichi-ji Temple. At the Dainichi-do Hall, Ken’a, the senior monk of the Shomyo-ji Temple, would transcribe shogyo,

다 」라고 맹세했다고 전해져 오고 있습니다. Site of Hamano Castle (Hamano-cho, Chuo Ward, Chiba City) Hamano is located on land that looks over Tokyo Bay. To the north of it flows the Hamano River (Shioda River); there is a street that runs north to south along the river, on which there was a town was formed in the north, south, and east. Excavations have proven that in the Tumulus Period (250-538 C.E) this area was already land, and a harbour was formed on solid stable ground

Nichigi visiting the Chiba clan’s prayer hall, show that the Chiba clan’s manor may not have been located too far away from Hon’en-ji (likely somewhere within the town of Chiba). Close to Hon’en-ji Temple is the Honkyo-ji Temple (Nichiren sect); in the past, there also used to be the Shoumyou-ji Temple (Nichiren sect, merged with Honkyo-ji Temple in the late Meiji period). It is said that Honkyo-ji Temple was founded in 1492 by Nichiden, who served as the 10th head of the Sogen-ji Temple (in Mobara City), which

the formation of the Kamakura shogunate. Those accomplishments resulted in Tsunetane gaining territory from the northeast of Japan down to the Kyushu in the south. However, archeological excavations that have taken place at Inohana Castle so far have not brought up any castle or mansion remains from the Kamakura Period. There is a strong theory that the castle that used to be located here was prepared as a citadel by the Hara clan, powerful vassals of the Chiba clan, in the late Muromachi period (the Warring States period). It is believed that prior to that period, the land was