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Iwami Ginzan Kaido 石見銀山街道 Silver Trading Highway

Sekishuu Kaidoo 石州街道 Sekishu Kaido Highway
Gin no Michi 銀の道 The road of silver
most famous for connecting 石見銀山Iwami Ginzan silver mines with the Inland Sea, Kyoto and Edo
Also called 石見銀山街道, 石見街道, 石州道（石州路） and 石見道（石見路）.
Now also known as 銀山街道 Ginzan Kaido .


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Iwami Ginzan 石見銀山　Old Silver Mines at Iwami
It was added to the World Heritage List in 2007.
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The mine was discovered and developed in 1526 by Kamiya Jutei, a Japanese merchant. Jutei later introduced a Chinese style of silver mining that would become the Haifukiho Method. The mine reached its peak production in the early 1600s, with approximately 38 tons of silver a year which was then one third of the world's production.
Silver from the mine
was used widely for coins in Japan. It was contested fiercely by warlords until the Tokugawa Shogunate won control of it in 1600 as a result of the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. It was later secured by fences and barricaded by pine trees. Yamabuki Castle was built in the center of the mining complex.
Silver production from the mine
fell in the 19th century, as it had trouble competing with mines elsewhere in the world. Mining for other minerals, such as copper, then replaced silver as the predominant material produced from the mountain. The mine was eventually closed in 1923.
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石州街道銀の道には、石見銀山の中心地であった大森より、銀を積み出す輸送港となっていた日本海側の港と瀬戸内海側の港へ銀を積み出すために、造られた道で、
日本海へは鞆ヶ浦に向かう「鞆ヶ浦道」と、
温泉津の沖泊に向う「温泉津沖泊道」があり（ともに世界遺産）、瀬戸内海へは尾道に向かう「尾道道」と、途中の宇賀（現在の広島県三次市甲奴町宇賀）で分岐して笠岡に向かう「笠岡道」が造られた。

鞆ヶ浦道 Tomogaura Road
温泉津沖泊道 Yunotsu Road
瀬戸内海への道 Setouchi Road

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Map of Iwami Ginzan Kaido
silver trading routes (Iwami Ginzan kaido)
Iwami Ginzan Kaido
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
source : google


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石見銀山キューピー人形　Iwami Ginzan Kyupie dolls

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Yoogaisan 要害山
戦国時代に尼子と毛利が戦った。毛利が若侍を集めて狩を行った時、1人の侍が要害山で鶴を見つけて射た。鶴は足に傷を受けたが、石金山の南に飛んで、無妙異という赤土を傷に塗り再び空に舞い上がった。すると要害山は見る間に石金山と同じ高さになった。尼子はこの山に築城し、毛利を悩ませた。


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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石見に残つた城跡伝説

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