【ここがかつて中国地方の中心】だったのですね。 山中鹿之介公の屋敷跡を訪ね、手を合わせていると、近隣の住民の方が、出てこられました。お話をお伺いして「高梁の鹿之介公の最後の地にも、何度かお参りをしており・・・。」と話をしますと、ぐっと身を乗り出してこられました。以前長篠にて、鳥居強右衛門公の碑（明治天皇が寄贈）を訪ねた時も同様でしたが、やはり土地の方々には何百年も魂が受け継がれているのでしょうか。長男とされる山中幸元（鴻池新六）は鹿之介公の死後、摂津国川辺郡鴻池村（現・兵庫県伊丹市）で酒造業を始め、その後大坂に移住して江戸時代以降の豪商鴻池財閥の始祖（三和銀行・現在の三菱UFJ銀行にもつながる）となったこと。また尼子家も亀井 茲矩を通じて江戸時代に津和野城主となり、その後も子孫がおられるとのことですので、尼子家そして山中家の血筋は今も脈々と受け継がれているようです。周囲を車でも回りましたが、それにしても大きな遺構ですね。 【It used to be the center of Chugoku Region. 】 When I visited the site of Lord Shikanosuke Yamanaka's mansion and put my hands together, a nearby resident came out. When I asked him about the story, he leaned forward when I told him, "I have visited Takahashi's Shikanosuke's last place several times...". It was the same when I visited the monument of Suneemon Torii (donated by Emperor Meiji) in Nagashino. After the death of Shikanosuke, Yukimoto Yamanaka (Shinroku Konoike), who is considered to be the eldest son, started a sake brewing business in Konoike Village, Kawabe District, Settsu Province (currently Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture), and later moved to Osaka, where he became a wealthy merchant Konoike after the Edo period. Became the founder of the zaibatsu (Sanwa Bank, which is also connected to the current Mitsubishi UFJ Bank). In addition, the Amago family became the lord of Tsuwano Castle through Korenori Kamei in the Edo period, and there are descendants after that, so it seems that the bloodline of the Amago family and the Yamanaka family is still inherited. I went around by car, but even so, it is a big relic.