Kawai Daikansho
Kawai-daikansho is a minor daikansho jin'ya (magisterial compound) site in Kawai Township, Fukuroi Municipality. No ruins remain, and the site is now fields and a temple, Entsūji. I came here because it had been reported that the temple's main gate was originally a structure from the daikansho. Howe
History
Kawai-daikansho, also known as Fukuroi-jin'ya, was established in 1633 by Miyazaki Michitsugu. Various bannerman held the post of daikan (magistrate) here, and in 1700 the fiefdom they governed on behalf of the shogunate was valued at 88,200 koku. These holdings were considerable. In 1722 the daikansho was decommissioned, with Iwamura Masatsugu as the last daikan. Its territory was merged into holdings governed by the Nakaizumi-jin'ya at that time. It is said several buildings were relocated from the daikansho after its decommissioning. Most of the daikansho site itself was destroyed in 1923 in order to build river embankments.
Field Notes
Kawai-daikansho is a minor daikansho jin'ya (magisterial compound) site in Kawai Township, Fukuroi Municipality. No ruins remain, and the site is now fields and a temple, Entsūji. I came here because it had been reported that the temple's main gate was originally a structure from the daikansho. However, when I arrived, I found a very new looking gate. It didn't look Edo period at all.
Later, I did some further investigating and the 'Old Castles & Birds' blog provided the answer. The gate shown on that blog, at a glance, looks similar to the one found today, but, also at a glance, one can see that the positioning of the gate with respect to the priest's house is different. Upon closer look, we see this gate to be the original gate from the daikansho. What happened to it? There was it seems also a large signboard with an explanation entitled 'Entsūji and Kawai-daikansho' which is now missing too. Uh-oh.
I would've liked to have spoken with the priest at this temple for explanation, but it's a small temple and no one was around. It's possible that the new gate is a faithful reconstruction of the old gate, but there is no clarification of this on-site. At this time I do not know why the old gate, which would've dated to before 1722, was torn down, since it was clearly of some value to the temple as a relic of the daikansho.
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Kawai Daikansho |
| Japanese Name | 川井代官所 |
| Alternate Names | Fukuroi-jin'ya (袋井陣屋) |
| Founder | Miyazaki Michitsugu |
| Year Founded | 1633 |
| Castle Type | Flatland |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Edo Period |
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| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Fukuroi Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line; 15 min walk. |
| Hours | 24/7 free; temple |
| Time Required | 5 mins |
| Location | Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 34.74469, 137.91759 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2025 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
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