Jinno Shinden

  • What is Shinden
    • Jisho.org: wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • What is Jinno Shinden
    • is a vast area of ​​reclaimed land facing Mikawa Bay, with a fish pond (ruins), anti-flood pond, rice paddies, and fields. [3]
    • Shinden that was developed by Jinno Kinosuke after 毛利新田 Mouri Shinden was destroyed by repeated natural disasters. [2]
    • Jinno Shinden is listed in: “Nature Spot Conservation” in Toyohashi [3]
  • When was the Jinno Shinden built?
    • Wikipedia: In 1893 (Meiji 26), the first Kinnosuke Jinno purchased all the rights to the new field, and construction began in the same year.
  • Where can we see the conservation part of Jinno Shinden?
    • From the Rokujogata Ohashi Bridge 六条潟大橋 [3]
  • What is Mouri Shinden [1]
    • Shinden that was reclaimed in 1889 by Yoshihisa Mori.
      Mori was a senior vassal of the former Choshu domain.
      Due to the Nobi Earthquake in 1898 and a rainstorm in the autumn of the following year, the new rice field was destroyed and returned to tidal flats
    • Mouri Shinden was approximately 1100 hectars (約1100町歩, yaku 1100 choubu)
  • Who is Jinno Kinosuke (JK) 神野金之助 [1]
    • wealthy merchant from Hachikai Village (present-day Aisai City)
    • the person who bought the destroyed Mouri Shinden land
    • after many years and a huge amount of money, JK finally succeeded in developing the new field of Jinno
    • In honor of this virtue, in 1930, a Ryōtoku Monument was erected within the grounds of Shinden Shrine.
  • Earthquake & Tsunami related to Jinno Shinden
    • 1707 Hoei Earthquake 宝永4年
    • 1854 Ansei Tokai-Nankai Earthquake 嘉永7年
    • 1891 Nobi Earthquake 明治24年
    • 1944 Showa Tonankai Earthquake 昭和19年
    • 1945 Mikawa Earthquake 昭和20年
  • Terminologies
    • 長州藩 Choushu-han: Chōshū Domain
      Jisho.org: ​The Chōshū Domain was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867) occupying the whole of modern-day Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was coterminous with Nagato Province: in fact, Chōshū was simply shorthand for the province. The domain played a major role in the Late Tokugawa shogunate. It is also known as the Hagi Domain .
    • 重臣 Juushin : Chief vassal, senior statesman
    • Tidal flat: Shallow, often muddy, part of foreshore, which are covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide
    • 防潮堤 Bouchou-tei : Seawall​, tide embankment
      Jisho.org: A seawall (also written as sea wall) is a form of coastal defence constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation and leisure activities from the action of tides and waves. As a seawall is a static feature it will conflict with the dynamic nature of the coast and impede the exchange of sediment between land and sea.
  • Reference

史跡 shiseki : historical site
災害 saigai : disaster
東三河地区 Higashi Mikawa chiku : Higashi Mikawa area
三河湾 Mikawa-wan : Mikawa Bay

干拓地 kantaku-chi : reclaimed land
遊水地 yuusui-chi : anti-flood pond, retarding basin, manmade pond used to prevent flooding
防潮堤 bouchou tei : tide embankment, seawall
堤 tsutsumi : embankment, bank, dike

翁領徳碑 Ouryou tokuhi (?) : Old man’s virtue monument

Not yet explored:
第2回 「松原用水、牟呂用水、そして神野新田」
Part 2: “Matsubara Irrigation, Muro Irrigation, and Jinno Shinden”