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Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

Note 18 — COURT LADIES OF OLD JAPAN

Annie Shepley Omori translation

According to "Sagami-Fūdoki," or "The Natural Features of Sagami Province," this district was in ancient times inhabited by Koreans. The natives could not distinguish a Korean from a Chinese, hence the name of Chinese Field. A temple near Oiso still keeps the name of Kōraiji, or the Korean temple.

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