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In a later phase of stone wall construction, the Maruyama Quarry was used by the Mito and Owari Tokugawa. Typically, stone quarrying was done by the Western Daimyo, so why would two of the top Tokugawa families participate? It is theorized that there was some sense of an unfair treatment and that the cost of tenkabushin projects so high, that the upper Tokugawa were not participating in these tenkabushin projects so they quarried some stone from a fairly easy quarry. It is likely that these Tokugawa families were so wealthy they didn't actually quarry the stone themselves but simply hired out nearby stone cutters since this was an area that had such artisans already. The boundary stone below (水戸殿石場) claims the area for the Mito-dono, using an honorific that a daimyo wouldn't likely use at his own quarry. It is carved into a nicely carved pillar in deep formal style that you don't see at any other stone quarry, so this theory seems very likely. | In a later phase of stone wall construction, the Maruyama Quarry was used by the Mito and Owari Tokugawa. Typically, stone quarrying was done by the Western Daimyo, so why would two of the top Tokugawa families participate? It is theorized that there was some sense of an unfair treatment and that the cost of tenkabushin projects so high, that the upper Tokugawa were not participating in these tenkabushin projects so they quarried some stone from a fairly easy quarry. It is likely that these Tokugawa families were so wealthy they didn't actually quarry the stone themselves but simply hired out nearby stone cutters since this was an area that had such artisans already. The boundary stone below (水戸殿石場) claims the area for the Mito-dono, using an honorific that a daimyo wouldn't likely use at his own quarry. It is carved into a nicely carved pillar in deep formal style that you don't see at any other stone quarry, so this theory seems very likely. | ||
|Short Description= | |Short Description=A few stones left behind in these former quarries that have now been developed over. The most interesting part is the border marker stone for the Mito Tokugawa, click through to read why. | ||
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Revision as of 11:33, 11 April 2021
Background
The Manazuru area was already well-known area for good stone and was one of the first places daimyo laid their eyes on to quarry stone. In the first phase of stone wall construction, ten daimyo had quarries around here. The area has been mostly developed over these days, so the only remains are a few scattered stones left behind that have been collected into this album. The Banbaura Quarry is one special site long the coast that is split out into it's own album.
Near the Manazuru Town Hall is a small park which has several stones and a memorial to the stone cutters of Manazuru. Records indicate this park was the site of a quarry run by Kuroda Nagamasa and a kokuin base don his kamon can be prominently found on several stones here. In addition to his kamon mark is another that mark that looks like a Buddhist trident and is attributed to one of his retainers. The same kokuin combination can be seen at the Gate of Edo Castle. The book I have says that this is the only place it can be seen but I've found others across the XX, with a good zoom lens.
In a later phase of stone wall construction, the Maruyama Quarry was used by the Mito and Owari Tokugawa. Typically, stone quarrying was done by the Western Daimyo, so why would two of the top Tokugawa families participate? It is theorized that there was some sense of an unfair treatment and that the cost of tenkabushin projects so high, that the upper Tokugawa were not participating in these tenkabushin projects so they quarried some stone from a fairly easy quarry. It is likely that these Tokugawa families were so wealthy they didn't actually quarry the stone themselves but simply hired out nearby stone cutters since this was an area that had such artisans already. The boundary stone below (水戸殿石場) claims the area for the Mito-dono, using an honorific that a daimyo wouldn't likely use at his own quarry. It is carved into a nicely carved pillar in deep formal style that you don't see at any other stone quarry, so this theory seems very likely.
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| English Name | Maruyama Stone Quarry |
| Japanese Name | 円山石丁場 |
| Location | Manazuru, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Castle | Edo Castle |
| Coordinates | 35.15844, 139.13713 |
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