Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Historical artifact)

Title:

Kii tokugawake kakoisagisadamegui

Marker for the Kii Tokugawa Family’s Heron Grounds 

紀伊徳川家囲鷺定杭

No. of features:

One stake

Designated:

May 9, 1986

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)
4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership (Daimon, Midori Ward)

Description:

Dating from the mid-Tenmei period (1781-1788). This stake is 286 cm long and 11.5 cm wide. It shows that the Kii Tokugawa family gave their protection to Sagiyama (“Heron Mountain”), a site in the same Kami-Noda Hoei area as their falconry grounds. 

Associated Texts:

(1987). “Survey Report on Urawa City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 31). Urawa Municipal Board of Education.

(1986). “Urawa City’s Cultural Properties”. Urawa Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. Please contact the museum for inquiries on when this property is available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/009/003/p000423.html