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Birthday of Tsugaru Tamenobu, the first lord of the Hirosaki Domain (Aomori Prefecture)

Tsugaru Tamenobu , the first lord of the Hirosaki Domain in Mutsu Province, was born on January 1, 1550

There is much mystery surrounding his origins, but one theory is that he is a descendant of the Kuji clan, a branch of the Nanbu clan, and he is considered a local hero in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, and a float featuring Tsugaru Narinobu is displayed at the Kuji Autumn Festival

Birthday of Mogami Yoshiaki, the first lord of the Yamagata domain (Yamagata Prefecture)

Mogami Yoshiaki , the 11th head of the Mogami clan and the first lord of the Yamagata domain was born on January 1, 1546

In 1600, the Battle of Hasedō , also known as the Sekigahara of Dewa, he fought against the forces of Uesugi Kagekatsu's chief retainer, Naoe Kanetsugu, and as a result of this achievement he was granted sovereignty over the Shonai region and other areas he had captured.He then came to rule over the entire present-day Yamagata prefecture (excluding Okitama County, which was Uesugi territory) and Yuri County, totalling 570,000 koku , making him the largest territory of the Mogami clan and the first lord of the Dewa Yamagata domain.

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Kozenji Temple, the family temple of Mogami Yoshiaki, who built the largest territory of the Mogami clan, with 570,000 koku of land in Dewa (Yamagata Prefecture)

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Kozenji Temple, the family temple of Mogami Yoshiaki, the feudal lord of Dewa Province (present-day Yamagata Prefecture) who built the largest territory as a Sengoku daimyo from the Sengoku period to the Edo period, is located in Teppo-cho, central Yamagata City. Who was Mogami Yoshiaki? Mogami Yoshiaki was the 11th head of the Mogami clan, a Sengoku daimyo of Dewa Province, and the first head of the Dewa Yamagata Domain. Statue of Mogami Yoshiaki at Yamagata Castle Ruins. He came of age at the age of 15 in 1560. That same year, he made his debut in a battle against the Sagae clan, and continued to wage war against powerful local alliances, including the Tendo, Nobezawa, and Obanazawa clans, known as the Mogami Eight Shields, and pacified Dewa Province. He then led the present-day Yamagata...

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Yamagata Castle, also known as the Mist Castle, is so vast that the main citadel is obscured by mist! [Yamagata Prefecture]

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Yamagata City is the prefectural capital of Yamagata Prefecture. The prefecture is divided into four regions: the Okitama region in the south, the Murayama region in the center, the Mogami region in the northeast, and the Shonai region along the Sea of ​​Japan. Yamagata City is part of the Murayama region, and during the Edo period, the Yamagata Domain was located there. Initially, the Yamagata Domain's landholding was 570,000 koku, but by the end of the Edo period, it had been reduced to 50,000 koku. Tenpo Kuni Ezu (National Map of Dewa Province (Yamagata Territory)) Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property, Collection: National Archives of Japan. The Yamagata Domain was established by the Sengoku period daimyo Mogami Yoshiaki, who fought on the Tokugawa side in the Battle of Sekigahara. He then inherited all of present-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture (excluding the Okitama region) from Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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