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The provided sources offer a comprehensive look at Kōhoku Village (江北村), a former administrative unit in Tokyo Prefecture's South Adachi District that existed from 1889 to 1932 before being incorporated into the modern Adachi Ward. The first source, a Wikipedia excerpt, provides administrative and historical data about the village, including its boundaries, population (5,543 in 1930), the nine predecessor villages that merged to form it, and a detailed timeline of its geographical transformations, particularly how the area’s division into modern Ōaza (large sections) occurred. The second source, a cultural and historical report, explores the village’s enduring legacy through five thematic historical narratives, such as the planting of the famous Goshikizakura (Five-Colored Cherry Blossoms), the legend of Princess Adachi, the community sacrifices resulting from the Arakawa Floodway excavation, and the significance of the Kōhoku Hikawa Shrine as a spiritual center. Both texts emphasize that the village’s history and identity were intrinsically linked to the surrounding rivers (the original Arakawa, now the Sumida River, and the new Arakawa Floodway), which served as both the source of its name and the cause of major physical changes.