The Streetscape of Shiraichi Traditional Cache
The Streetscape of Shiraichi
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The cache is hidden in Shiraichi street.
The Streetscape of Shiraichi
It is thinkable that the construction of Shiroyama castle in the age of civil wars formed Shiraichi.
During the Edo era, the biggest cattle market in the feudal clan was opened because it was an important traffic point, located almost in the middle of the southern part of Hiroshima clan.
It is said that at the height of prosperity, more than 500 head of cattle being gathered in a day, the market was crowded.
Some wealthy merchants run a sake brewing industry or a salt pan at the Inland Sea.
The street, including the former residence of Kihara family designated as the national important cultural asset, hands down the appearance making someone look back on the past.
A casting industry had actively been carried since about the end of the Tokugawa regime, producing numerously such as pots and pans, and Buddhist temple bells. Especially, a big bronze garden hanging lantern in front of the high stage, donated to Itsukushima Shrine, is its supreme masterpiece.
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----Japanese----
キャッシュは白市の通りに隠されています。
白市の町並み
白市は、戦国時代に白山城が築かれたことを契機として成立したと考えられています。
江戸時代、広島藩南部のほぼ中央に位置し、交通の要衝でもあったことから藩内で最も大きな牛馬市がたっていました。
最盛期は１日あたり５００頭を超える牛馬が集まり、市が賑わったといわれています。
一部の豪商は酒造業や瀬戸内での塩田を経営しており、国重要文化財の旧木原家住宅をはじめとする町並みは往時を偲ぶたたずまいを今に伝えています。
また、幕末ごろから鋳物業が盛んに行われており、鍋釜や梵鐘などを数多く生産しました。
特に厳島神社に寄進された高舞台正面の青銅製大燈籠は彼らの最高傑作です。
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