Ueda Akinari, who is the author of the
story of Ugetsu and famous as a Japanese
classical scholar and poet, stayed here at
the invitation of the priest of the Kaguwashi
shrine named Toshi. He stayed here only 4
years. However, it is said that he cultivated
his scholarship for literature here. There
is his grave too (it was founded at the site
of the priest Toshi's graveyard at the second
anniversary of his death).
The Kashima castmelt coin foundry was situated
toward the north of the Kaguwashi Shrine.
The foundry was working for only 3 years,
in the period between the 3rd year of Genbun
(1738) and the 1st year of Kanpou (1741).
It made copper and iron coins of high quality,
so people say, "Sake is Nada (Kobe district),
Coin is Kashima" (Nada is the best place
for Sake and so is Kashima for coin.) |
