Minamoto no Yoshiie's younger brother Yoshimitsu Minamoto joined Minamoto no Yoshiie's army from Kyoto to help his brother out of his predicament. The Allied forces were in trouble at the time...
Daiwa Consilio
With Mae Kiyohara (Kiyohara no Sanehira) dying of illness, the internal conflict within the Kiyohara clan finally came to an end. The six districts of Oku, which belonged to Mae, were ruled by Mutsu no kami...
Daiwa Consilio
After the war of the previous nine years, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the Kiyohara clan ruled the Oku six districts of Mutsu (inland of Iwate Prefecture), which had been ruled by the Abe clan...
Daiwa Consilio
After being defeated by Abe Sadato in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie worked hard to strengthen their military strength.
Daiwa Consilio
After the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe Yoritoki were at war again...
Daiwa Consilio
Yoriyoshi Abe, the chieftain of Okuroku-gun (Iwate Prefecture), raised an army to subjugate Mutsu no Kami, Fujiwara no Nobo...
Daiwa Consilio
Also known as the ``Twelve Years' Battle of Oshu,'' this battle was fought in Mutsu and Dewa, present-day Iwate and Akita prefectures, at the end of the Heian period.
Daiwa Consilio
There are many power spots in Iwate Prefecture, including Morioka Hachimangu Shrine, but among them, ``Japan's Three Great Inari'' is attracting attention as one of the best...
Daiwa Consilio
Fukushima Prefecture has the largest number of hot springs in the Tohoku region, and each of its three regions - Nakadori, where the Tohoku Shinkansen runs through, Hamadori on the Pacific Coast, and Aizu - have hot springs with unique spring qualities...
Daiwa Consilio
Nihonmatsu City, a castle town of 100,000 koku, hosts the ``Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival'', said to be one of Japan's three major lantern festivals, the largest ``Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Doll'' in Japan, and the 400-year-old...
natsuki
