根府川石＜神奈川県＞ 【日本銘石】

NEFUGAWA Stone

根府川石

江戸城築城に使われた徳川家康ゆかりの石です。
徳川家康とは晩年までかかって日本統一を成し遂げた天下人です。
幼少期は今川家の人質であり、相当な苦労人でした。
赤ボサ石と同じく小松石の表層で産出されます。
表面が滑らかで光沢があるため、古来にへげ石ブームを起こしたほど、人気のある神奈川県の銘石です。
板状摂理の為、ペリペリと表面がはがれる「へげ石」の一種です。
箱根の火山が約40万年前に噴火し、海に流れた溶岩が急冷された石です。

This stone is associated with Tokugawa Ieyasu and was used in the construction of Edo Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu was a ruler who used almost his whole life until his later years to unify Japan. He was a hostage of the Imagawa family during his childhood, and had a very hard time. Like Akabossa stone, it is mined from the surface layer of Komatsu stone. With its smooth and shiny surface, it is a famous stone from Kanagawa Prefecture. Like the hege stone boom that sparked in ancient times. Due to its plate-like joints, it is a type of "hege stone" whose surface peels off easily. This stone was formed when the Hakone volcano erupted about 400,000 years ago, and the lava that flowed into the sea cooled rapidly.