Ononokozakura Yashiki
Ononokozakura-yashiki, also called Onoǵaya-yashiki, is a yashiki (residence) site in Hazu Township, Nishio Municipality. Ruins remain in the form of terracing and a segment of partially collapsed ishigaki (stone-piled retaining wall). The site has some interesting folklore attached to it and is myst
History
Miura Yasufusa, a retainer Ashikaga Yoshizumi of the Muromachi Shogunate, eloped with a courtesan called Onono Kozakura, in 1510, and they eventually came to Hazu, the domain of Ogasawara Sadamasa. Lord Sadamasa's chief retainer, Ôtake, had taken pity on the young couple back in Kyōto and took them in. Lord Sadamasa allowed them to take up residence at a yashiki in the Ono Valley (said to take its name from Onono Kozakura), where they were placed under house arrest, but otherwise lived happily, cultivating the valley slopes and having three sons and three daughters. On her deathbed, Onono Kozakura claimed to be the descendent of Onono Takamura, a renowned Confucian scholar of the Heian period who contributed to the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology. And so one of her sons was allowed to carry on the Onono name (her other sons were called Miura after their father, of course). Apparently the descendents of the Miura Clan now live in Nishio Municipality and those of the Onono live in Kōta Township on the otherside of the mountain.
See Hazu-Terabejō for more info'.
Field Notes
Ononokozakura-yashiki, also called Onoǵaya-yashiki, is a yashiki (residence) site in Hazu Township, Nishio Municipality. Ruins remain in the form of terracing and a segment of partially collapsed ishigaki (stone-piled retaining wall). The site has some interesting folklore attached to it and is mysteriously located deep in the mountains, in the forested Ono Valley. The ishigaki is found just above a stone-lined berm used as a reservoir and watercrossing. The yashiki ruin has a mysterious quality to it given its hidden location at the top of a valley between ridges.
To reach this site I decided to hike. Actually, I felt just like hiking somewhere and Ononokozakura-yashiki made a nice goal. So, after finding out about it the night before, I took a train to Sanǵane Station, and hiked up to the peak of Sanǵane-san. There is a trail down to the yashiki ruins from near a war memorial up on the mountain. I saw many people visiting the memorials and temple on the mountain, as well as hikers coming up from the Hazu side of the mountain, but no one on the trail from near Sanǵane Station. My route meant going up and down Sanǵane-san twice, but it would probably be easier to visit this site from the Hazu side of the mountain.
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| English Name | Ononokozakura Yashiki |
| Japanese Name | 小野小桜屋敷 |
| Alternate Names | Onoǵaya-yashiki (小野ヶ谷屋敷 ) |
| Founder | Miura Yasufusa |
| Year Founded | c.1510 |
| Castle Type | Fortified Manor |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Pre Edo Period |
| Features | stone walls |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Nishi-Hazu Station on the Meitetsu-Gamagôri Line; orSanǵane Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line; hiking course. |
| Hours | 24/7 free; mountain |
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| URL | Castle Website |
| Location | Kouta, Aichi Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 34.81334, 137.14573 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2025 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
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