Akano River

The Akano River was a river on the eastern side of the main island of Tsukishima in Wa.

Geography
The river was located north of the city of Uwaji. The tributaries of the river flowed down from the Ikuyu Mountains. The river flowed north parallel to Tawata Road and the coast, past Rukimbaru, and then turned east to empty into the sea near the town of Chozawa.

Locations
Chozawa Castle was located on the high ground above the river.

Legends
In the first year of the reign of Kochi, Master of the Peach Tree, the first emperor of Wa, the first ever ch'i-lin rose from the waters of the Akano River and presented itself to Kochi. Upon the ch'i-lin's back were a series of characters, from which Kochi created the first written form of the Wa-an language.

In Wa Year 1765 (1347 DR), the general and daimyo Muki Nobi quelled a peasant uprising, slaughtering all 600 of the peasants. He floated their decapitated heads down the Akano River where they washed out to sea and were discovered by fishermen from Chozawa for several months afterward.