| @A group of casters inhabited here and worked
actively in the latter term of the medieval
period . On late investigation by excavation
forges and molds for casting copperwares
and iron materials in the 14`15 th century
were found around here .Since the last term
of the Heian era it is well known that there
was a group of influential casters from the
district of Kawachi ( Osaka Prefecture) to
Tannan (the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture)
. It is not known whether the casters around
here are originated from those of Kawachi
and Tannan or not , but according to a record
in the third year of Houreki (1451) of the
Muromachi era which was concerning the casters
living in Kawachi , we are able to find the
names of casters such as Kawachi , Karita
, Niwai and so on , so this indicates that
they were connected with each other . The
Abiko casters played an influential part ,
being superior to those in Kawachi under
the protection of Nobunaga . |
