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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...

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.