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Cultural property notebook

Updated: July 21, 2022

The Inagi City Board of Education publishes a note on cultural properties every year on the theme of cultural properties in Inagi City.
It is distributed free of charge at the Chuo Bunka Center and Friend Hiraonai Folk Reference Room, so please take a look.
From the following, you can see the PDF version of the cultural property note.

At Hyakumura Myokenson (Shrine) in Inagi,
An event is held every year on August 7th.
This event has been known since ancient times for its belief in warding off evil spirits.
Note: At the time of publication, it was a cultural property designated by Inagi City, but in March 1992 it was changed to a cultural property designated by Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Published March 20, 1989 Field: Folklore
Tokyo designated intangible folk cultural property (designated March 30, 1992)

Shisui Enomoto of Sakahama Village started making pottery in Inagi.
It is called Tamagawa ware, and most of the pieces have a ``tama'' stamp stamped on the surface of the pottery.
Note: This is a privately owned cultural property and is not open to the public.
Published on March 20, 1989 Field: Early modern Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural properties (designated on January 20, 1978)

Issued on March 20, 1990 Field: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)

Issued on March 20, 1990 Category: Ancient Tokyo Designated Historic Sites (designated in May 1925)
[The relics excavated from the Kawara Yato Kiln Group are designated tangible cultural properties by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (designated on March 16, 2006)]

Issued on June 30, 1990 Category: Folk Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)

Issued June 30, 1990 Category: Medieval Inagi City Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property (February 28, 1977 Designated)

This is the grave of Takako Chogoro that remains in Oshidate.
Chogoro was a farmer born in Oshidate in the middle of the Edo period.
He was rewarded by the Shogunate for his long years of filial piety to his mother.
Published on August 31, 1991 Field: Early modern Tokyo designated historic sites (designated on October 18, 1939)

Issued on August 31, 1991 Category: Folk Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)

Issued on August 31, 1991 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)

Issued on September 30, 1992 Category: Folk Inagi City Designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property (Seiyu Shrine Lion Dance March 30, 1982 Designated Anazawa Tenjin Shrine Lion Dance March 30, 1983)

September 30, 1992 Category: Folk Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated February 19, 1976)

A female Kaya plant with a height of about 25m and a chest height circumference of about 6.3m, the second largest in Tokyo.
It is said to be the 12th largest in Japan.

Issued on September 30, 1992 Field: Nature 

Tokyo designated natural monument

(designated January 31, 1961)

Issued on September 30, 1992 Category: Early modern period Inagi City Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property January 23, 2020)

Issued on October 20, 1993 Field: Folklore
Note: At the time of publication, it was designated as a cultural property by Inagi City, but was changed to a designated cultural property by Tokyo in March 2020.
Tokyo designated tangible folk cultural property

Issued on October 20, 1993 Field: Folk Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on March 23, 1989)

Issued on October 20, 1993 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on August 30, 1983)

Issued on October 20, 1993 Field: Early modern period Inagi city designated text tangible property (designated on August 30, 1983)

Issued on March 20, 1995 Field: Ancient Tokyo designated tangible cultural property (designated name wooden statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva January 31, 1961 designated)

It is one of the oldest Buddhist statues in the city, along with the standing statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva at Koshoji Temple.
All three statues are made of cypress wood parquet, and although some parts lack beauty in shaping, the shape, body parts, and clothing pattern are all in good shape.
It can be said that it is a Buddhist statue of excellent technique.
Note: Not open to the public.
Published on March 20, 1995 Field: Ancient Tokyo designated tangible cultural property (Designated name: Wooden statue of Amida Nyorai and his flanking attendants, designated on January 31, 1963)

Issued on March 20, 1995 Field: Early Modern Tokyo designated tangible cultural property

Issued on March 20, 1995 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated December 24, 1986)

It is said that Yamamoto Gon Ritsushi Hironobu founded it in the 6th year of Oan (1373) in the early Muromachi period.
It is a silent play in which masks are worn, and the theme is the world of myths such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
Published on February 20, 1996 Field: Folklore Nationally designated important intangible folk cultural properties (designated on December 13, 1994)

The mirrored ceiling of the outer hall of Amida-do Hall at Jōrakuji Temple was painted by the artist Goryu Aizawa in the late Edo period.
A flying sky map and a dragon map remain. A flying sky map is drawn in the center of the mirrored ceiling.
Note: Not open to the public.
Published on February 20, 1996 Category: Folklore Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated name: Jorakuji Temple's Flying Heavens and Dragons
(Designated on October 13, 2020)

Issued on October 25, 1996 Field: Medieval

Issued on October 25, 1996 Subject: Ancient

Issued March 30, 1998 Field: Modern

No.27 Missing number

Kosangjuku is a private school founded by Kubozensuke, a Chinese scholar, at his home in Higashi-Naganuma.
The activities of Jōsujuku, which began in 1880, continued for 30 years until Kubo Zenpei passed away in 1913. Those who enroll are not only from Inagi city area,
We have produced over 800 graduates from the Mitama area, Tokyo, and other prefectures.
Published September 25, 1998 Field: Modern

The water is taken from the Tama River in Daimaru and flows to Noborito, Kawasaki City.
Since the Edo period, it has been maintained and managed as an important agricultural water source that irrigates villages in the Inagi City area and downstream villages.
Published September 25, 1998 Field: Early modern times

Issued on September 25, 1998 Field: early modern period

Issued on October 20, 1999 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on March 23, 1988)

Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Modern

Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Medieval

Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Primitive

Issued March 5, 2001 Field: Modern

Issued on March 5, 2001 Field: Contemporary

Issued on March 5, 2001 Field: Contemporary

Issued on March 5, 2001 Subject: Ancient

Issued on March 29, 2002 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on August 30, 1983)

Issued on March 29, 2002 Field: Modern

Issued on March 29, 2002 Field: Folklore

This is the remains of a kiln that produced tiles and square bricks related to Musashi Kokubunji and Musashi Kokufu during the Nara period.
One had line drawings of three horses that were thought to have been used in rituals.
Published on March 29, 2002 Field: Historic Sites Designated by Ancient Tokyo (Designated in May 2002)
[The artifacts excavated from the Kawarayato kiln site are designated as tangible cultural properties by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (designated on March 16, 2006)]

Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern

Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern

Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern

The ruins of Ozawa Castle remain on the hill south of Anazawa Tenjin Shrine in Yanoguchi.
It is said to be the site of the castle of Ozawa Jiro Shigemasa, the son of Inage Saburo Shigenari, who was a powerful family in the early Kamakura period.
It was built on the border between Yanoguchi, Inagi City, and Suga, Tama Ward, Kawasaki City.
Published February 10, 2004 Field: Middle Ages

Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Geography

Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Geography

Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Modern

Issued January 31, 2005 Field: Nature

Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern

Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern

Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern

Issued on February 20, 2006 Field: Primitive

Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Primitive

Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Ancient

Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Folklore

Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Folklore

Issued on March 5, 2008 Field: early modern period

Issued on March 5, 2008 Field: Modern

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