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.
Snake Yori event
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)
No.2 Tamagawa ware and Shisui Enomoto (PDF: 596KB)
Tamagawa ware
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)
No.3 Hiraohara Kyozuka and excavated items (PDF: 570KB)
Issued on March 20, 1990 Field: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)
No.4 Kawara Yato kiln site (PDF: 499KB)
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)]
No.5 Bato Kannon (PDF: 1,189KB)
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)
No.7 Koko Chogoro (PDF: 1,357KB)
Tomb of Takashi Chogoro
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)
No.8 Jizo Bodhisattva Pagoda (PDF: 1,191KB)
Issued on August 31, 1991 Category: Folk Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)
No.9 Herbs Bridge Monument (PDF: 1,004KB)
Issued on August 31, 1991 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated on February 19, 1976)
No.10 Lion dance (PDF: 1,077KB)
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)
No.11 Koshin Pagoda (PDF: 1,140KB)
September 30, 1992 Category: Folk Inagi City designated tangible folk cultural property (designated February 19, 1976)
No.12 Kaya of Koshoji Temple (PDF: 1,250KB)
Kaya of Koshoji Temple
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)
No.13 Writing mound (PDF: 1,069KB)
Issued on September 30, 1992 Category: Early modern period Inagi City Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property January 23, 2020)
No.14 Tools for making Japanese boats (PDF: 881KB)
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
N0.15 Former Hoonji Temple Cultural Property (PDF: 959KB)
Issued on October 20, 1993 Field: Folk Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on March 23, 1989)
No.16 Ashikawa Family Documents (PDF: 1,391KB)
Issued on October 20, 1993 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on August 30, 1983)
No.17 Baba family document (PDF: 1,491KB)
Issued on October 20, 1993 Field: Early modern period Inagi city designated text tangible property (designated on August 30, 1983)
No.18 Statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva at Koshoji Temple (PDF: 1,088KB)
Issued on March 20, 1995 Field: Ancient Tokyo designated tangible cultural property (designated name wooden statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva January 31, 1961 designated)
No.19 Amida Triad of Jorakuji Temple (PDF: 1,038KB)
Amida Triad at Jorakuji Temple
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)
No.20 Enma seated statue at Jorakuji Temple (PDF: 970KB)
Issued on March 20, 1995 Field: Early Modern Tokyo designated tangible cultural property
No.21 Enomoto Family Documents (PDF: 1,060KB)
Issued on March 20, 1995 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated December 24, 1986)
No.22 Edo no Sato Kagura (PDF: 1,173KB)
Sato Kagura of Edo in Yamamoto
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)
No.23 Flying sky map of Jorakuji Temple (PDF: 1,136KB)
Joraku-ji Temple's Flying Sky
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)
No.24 Daimaru Ruins (Part 1) (PDF: 1,174KB)
Issued on October 25, 1996 Field: Medieval
No.25 Daimaru Ruins (2) (PDF: 1,754KB)
Issued on October 25, 1996 Subject: Ancient
No.26 Pyrotechnic Arsenal Tama Explosives Factory (PDF: 1,052KB)
Issued March 30, 1998 Field: Modern
No.27 Missing number
No.28 Souanjuku and Zenryo Kubo (PDF: 992KB)
Zenryo Kubo
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
No.29 Daimaru water (PDF: 1,073KB)
Daimaru water
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
No.30 Tama River Ferry Terminal (PDF: 1,011KB)
Issued on September 25, 1998 Field: early modern period
No.31 Documents of the Takahashi family (PDF: 1,078KB)
Issued on October 20, 1999 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on March 23, 1988)
No.32 Collecting gravel from the Tama River (PDF: 1,083KB)
Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Modern
No.33 Hirao Jusanzuka (PDF: 1,161KB)
Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Medieval
No.34 Hiraodaihara Ruins (PDF: 1,765KB)
Issued on October 20, 1999 Field: Primitive
No.35 Making pears of Inagi (1) (PDF: 1,288KB)
Issued March 5, 2001 Field: Modern
No.36 Making pears of Inagi (2) (PDF: 1,184KB)
Issued on March 5, 2001 Field: Contemporary
No.37 Making pears of Inagi (3) (PDF: 969KB)
Issued on March 5, 2001 Field: Contemporary
No.38 Inagi City Tatedai Ruins (PDF: 1,371KB)
Issued on March 5, 2001 Subject: Ancient
No.39 Documents of the Ichimura family (PDF: 1,132KB)
Issued on March 29, 2002 Category: Early modern period Inagi City designated tangible cultural property (designated on August 30, 1983)
No.40 Seki-style Wasan and Yuzo Omata (PDF: 1,107KB)
Issued on March 29, 2002 Field: Modern
No.41 Sainogami event (PDF: 1,563KB)
Issued on March 29, 2002 Field: Folklore
No.42 Excavated Kawara Yato kiln site (PDF: 1,431KB)
horse line drawing
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)]
No.43 Nambu Railway and Nambu Line (Part 1) (PDF: 1,476KB)
Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern
No.44 Nambu Railway and Nambu Line (Part 2) (PDF: 1,452KB)
Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern
No.45 Benten Cave (PDF: 1,343KB)
Issued February 10, 2004 Field: Modern
No.46 Ozawa Castle Ruins (PDF: 1,585KB)
Ozawa Castle Ruins
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
No.47 Kawasaki Highway and Hachioji Road (PDF: 1,492KB)
Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Geography
No.48 Tsurukawa Highway and Daisen Road (PDF: 1,642KB)
Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Geography
No.49 Origin of the place name "Inagi" (PDF: 1,899KB)
Issued on January 31, 2005 Field: Modern
No.50 Inagi Sand Layer (PDF: 1,062KB)
Issued January 31, 2005 Field: Nature
No.51 Tamagawara Bridge (PDF: 944KB)
Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern
No.52 The Great Kanto Earthquake and Inagi (PDF: 1,453KB)
Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern
No.53 Group evacuation of schoolchildren (PDF: 1,393KB)
Issued February 20, 2006 Field: Modern
No.54 Paleolithic period of Inagi (PDF: 1,284KB)
Issued on February 20, 2006 Field: Primitive
No.55 Komazawa Gakuen Campus Ruins (PDF: 1,375KB)
Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Primitive
No.56 Inagi's Cave Tomb (PDF: 1,290KB)
Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Ancient
No.57 Sericulture and living (PDF: 1,329KB)
Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Folklore
Issued on March 15, 2007 Field: Folklore
No.59 Terakoya and Education in the Edo Period (PDF: 1,703KB)
Issued on March 5, 2008 Field: early modern period
No.60 Beginning of elementary school education (PDF: 1,638KB)
Issued on March 5, 2008 Field: Modern
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