Although Kawanakajima at that time was an expanse of swampland through which a few rivulets flew and of barren land, its soil, being sediments from flood, was rich and produced rice crop more than Echigo at that time.
当時の川中島は、幾つかの小河川が流れる沼沢地と荒地が広がるものの洪水堆積の土壌は肥えて、米収穫高は当時の越後を上回った。