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Created page with "*''Japanese'': 室津 ''(Murotsu)'' Murotsu was a major Inland Sea port located within the territory of Himeji han. It is today part of Tatsuno City, [[Hyogo prefectu..."
*''Japanese'': 室津 ''(Murotsu)''
Murotsu was a major [[Inland Sea]] port located within the territory of [[Himeji han]]. It is today part of Tatsuno City, [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]]. During the [[Edo period]], in addition to a volume of typical traffic, Murotsu also regularly provided lodgings for shogunate officials, ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' on ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to or from [[Edo]], and foreign envoys from [[Joseon|Korea]], the [[VOC|Dutch East India Company]], or the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Originally known as Harima Murô no tomari, the port was first established in the [[Nara period]], as one of [[five harbors]] built at that time as the chief ports of the realm.<ref>"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%94%E6%B3%8A-65593#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Gotomari]," Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten, Britannica Japan, 2014.; "[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%94%E6%B3%8A-65593#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Gotomari]," Digital Daijisen, Shôgakukan, Inc.
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Murotsu was home to a ''chaya'' (lit. "teahouse"), established and maintained by Himeji han, which served as a ''[[honjin]]'', providing lodgings and reception for elite guests.
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==References==
*''Umimichi wo yuku: Edo jidai no Seto Naikai'' 海道をゆく－江戸時代の瀬戸内海－, Museum of Ehime History and Culture 愛媛県歴史文化博物館 (1999), 52.
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Nara Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Murotsu was a major [[Inland Sea]] port located within the territory of [[Himeji han]]. It is today part of Tatsuno City, [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]]. During the [[Edo period]], in addition to a volume of typical traffic, Murotsu also regularly provided lodgings for shogunate officials, ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' on ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to or from [[Edo]], and foreign envoys from [[Joseon|Korea]], the [[VOC|Dutch East India Company]], or the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Originally known as Harima Murô no tomari, the port was first established in the [[Nara period]], as one of [[five harbors]] built at that time as the chief ports of the realm.<ref>"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%94%E6%B3%8A-65593#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Gotomari]," Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten, Britannica Japan, 2014.; "[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%94%E6%B3%8A-65593#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Gotomari]," Digital Daijisen, Shôgakukan, Inc.
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Murotsu was home to a ''chaya'' (lit. "teahouse"), established and maintained by Himeji han, which served as a ''[[honjin]]'', providing lodgings and reception for elite guests.
{{stub}}
==References==
*''Umimichi wo yuku: Edo jidai no Seto Naikai'' 海道をゆく－江戸時代の瀬戸内海－, Museum of Ehime History and Culture 愛媛県歴史文化博物館 (1999), 52.
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Nara Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]