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*''Japanese'': 駒込 ''(Komagome)''

Komagome is an area of [[Tokyo]] which historically was home to a number of [[daimyo yashiki|''daimyo'' mansions]] and other samurai residences. These included the ''[[Kaga Edo mansion|naka-yashiki]]'' ("middle residence") of the [[Maeda clan]] of [[Kaga han]],<ref>Gallery labels, "Upper, Middle, and Lower Residences of Kaga Domain," National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/12591023803/sizes/h/]</ref> as well as a [[Mito Edo mansion|residence]] of the [[Mito Tokugawa clan]].<ref>[[Anne Walthall]], "Nishimiya Hide: Turning Palace Arts into Marketable Skills," in Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan," Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 45-60.</ref>

The Oiwake neighborhood within Komagome Village (then part of the city of [[Edo]]) was officially designated in [[1618]] as a district for ''[[kobito]]'' and ''[[chugen|chûgen]]'' (low-ranking samurai) residences. The neighborhood takes its name from its location at the division (''wake'') of the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]] and Iwatsuki kaidô highways. It also contains a stone marker marking a one ''[[Japanese Measurements|ri]]'' distance from [[Nihonbashi]].<ref>Plaque at Bunkyô-ku, Mukôgaoka 1-13.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/32736225593/in/dateposted-public/]</ref>

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