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韮山には、平安後期から鎌倉時代にかけて鎌倉幕府の執権として権力を握った北条氏に関する史跡、室町時代中頃に勢力を伸ばした北条早雲の居城や、早雲が襲った堀越御所跡などがあります。その韮山は江戸時代には天領となり、代官所が置かれますが、江戸時代末期に韮山代官となった江川英龍が反射炉を築き、お台場に据えられた大砲を鋳造しています。
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Between the late Heian Age (794 - 1185) and the Kamakura Age (1185 - 1333) . Nirayama in Shizuoka Prefecture was the base of the HOJYO Clan, who were in the position of the regency to support. There are a couple of historical sites related to the HOJYO Clan.
There are historical sites in the Muromachi Age (1336 - 1573) in Nirayama. The ruins of Nirayama Castle and Horikoshi-Gosho are typical examples.
There are also historical sites in Nirayama related to the Edo Age (1603 - 1868) .
Japan closed the country during the Edo Age. At the end of Edo Age, European countries and the Unites States gave the military pressure to open the country. The Edo Bakufu decided to place steel cannons at Tokyo Bay and ordered EGAWA Hidetatsu (1801 - 1855), the magistrate of Nirayama, to make reverberatory furnaces for steel cannons.
EGAWA Hidetoshi (1839 - 1863) , the son of EGAWA Hidetatsu, succeeded the project and completed the reverberatory furnaces in 1857. Total ten steel cannons were made and installed at Odaiba in Tokyo.
The statue of EGAWA Hidetatsu is also located near the reverberatory furnaces.
Not only for the achievement of the reverberatory furnaces, but also for his great government as a magistrate who ruled his territory with benevolence, he has been well respected by the people in Nirayama. The reverberatory furnaces are designated as world heritages.
EGAWA Residence in Nirayama
To the east from the ruins of Nirayama Castle, the site of EGAWA Residence is located.
The below picture shows the main gate of EGAWA Residence.
As the EGAWA Clan was assigned as a magistrate, the Magistrate's Office of Nirayama was located in the EGAWA Residence.
The main residence building was at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
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