Tomioka Jin'ya
There's nothing to see of Tomioka-jin'ya and the site is now that of Tomioka Silk Mill. The mill ceased all operations in 1987 and is now open to the public as a museum; in 2014 it was made a 'World Heritage Site' under UNESCO.
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History
Tomioka-jin'ya, also called Tomioka-daikansho, was established in 1612 under Nakano Shigeyoshi, a hatamoto (bannerman) of the Edo Shogunate. The Shogunate established Tomioka-jin'ya as a relay point for the transportation of grindstones produced in Tosawa village. Tomioka-jin'ya was the centre of a small fief valued at 3,000 koku. The jin'ya was short-lived, but nonetheless a town was established around it, referred to as 'new town', by relocating merchants and tradesmen migrated from Miyazaki, a nearby village where there was formerly a yamajiro (mountaintop fort). Four wholesalers and three dealers in grindstones were established in the fledgling town. However, Nakano Shigeyoshi, the jin'ya's only administrator (as a daikan (Shogunal deputy)), was soon given a new assignment and the jin'ya was decommissioned (in 1616 the Nanokaichi-jin'ya, a daimyō jin'ya rather than a daikan jin'ya, was built nearby). The surrounding village survived the jin'ya, becoming the town of Tomioka, and in the early Meiji period the Tomioka Silk Mill was constructed on the site of Tomioka-jin'ya. The silk mill's plot has the same dimensions as the jin'ya, measuring roughly 200m². Tomioka-jin'ya was surrounded by a moat on three sides about 8m wide; on the south side it overlooked the Kabura River from a 20m high terrace.
Field Notes
There's nothing to see of Tomioka-jin'ya and the site is now that of Tomioka Silk Mill. The mill ceased all operations in 1987 and is now open to the public as a museum; in 2014 it was made a 'World Heritage Site' under UNESCO.
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Tomioka Jin'ya |
| Japanese Name | 富岡陣屋 |
| Alternate Names | Tomioka-daikansho |
| Founder | Nakano Shigeyoshi |
| Year Founded | 1612 |
| Castle Type | Flatland |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Edo Period |
| Features | |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Jōshū-Tomioka Station on the Jōshin Line; 10 minute walk. |
| Hours | Access Limited |
| Time Required | N/A |
| Location | Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 36.25622, 138.88828 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2022 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
| Friends of JCastle | |
| Masaki Shibata | |
