In the late Muromachi period, the town evolved into a jinai-cho (a town within the precincts of a temple) around Shonen-ji Temple (Kashihara City) of Jodo Shinshu sect (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism), and six districts of East, West, South, North, Shinmachi, and Imamachi were established within the town. |
室町時代後期に、浄土真宗称念寺 (橿原市)を中心とする寺内町となり、東西南北の他、新町・今町の6町が成立した。 |