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Residence of noted landlord Tokuemon Ishikawa

The name Daikan-zaka originates from the noted landlord Ishikawa Family who resided in the mid-hill. Yokohama-mura area was under the control of Kanagawa Magistrate but Commodore Perry paid respect to the landlord Ishikawa and the name of this slope derived. (Daikan=local administrator) Around Meiji 20 (1887) the Ishikawa residence was called Daikan-yashiki and the slope formally Minowa-zaka was called Daikan-zaka.

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