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What is the legendary silent film "The Land of Dawn"? A lost local film produced in 1920...

During the Taisho period, when Japanese films were still silent, film production was carried out all over the country, and mobile screenings and educational films were actively being held in regional cities. A film made in such a historical background...

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Statue of Hoshina Masayuki

The birth was triggered by the general's "cheating"! ? Hoshina Masayuki, who is praised as a great prince [Fukushima Prefecture]

Among the sons of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Edo Shogunate, is Tokugawa Iemitsu, the second son and third shogun (his eldest son has passed away). There are other sons of Hidetada, and the first...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.05.21

Oda, a genius painter who was a samurai and produced Japan's first Western film, Akita Ranga...

Odano family residences still surviving on Kakunodate Samurai Dori Street In Kakunodate Samurai Dori Street in Kakunodate, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, are the Odano family, a retainer of the Kubota domain (Akita domain). The Odano family has been a long time...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.05.12

Mother of 6 boys and 5 girls! Who is Date Masamune's grandmother, Princess Kubo? [Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture]

It is natural that during the Warring States Period, when war was constant, warlords tried to make many children. Therefore, there are not many "child-rich Sengoku warlords." But "a lot of kids...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.04.10

Hiyama Ando clan, ruled Akita during the Sengoku period and based in Noshiro [Akita Prefecture]

Noshiro City is a city located in northern Akita Prefecture, with a population of approximately 47,000 people bordering the Sea of ​​Japan on the west side (as of December 2024, Noshiro City). The Yoneshiro River is a first-class river in the center of the city, and is east and west...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.24

Nikaido Moriyoshi Illustration

What life was it? Nikaido Moriyoshi, a warlord famous for his shocking face graphics [Fuku...

There is a warlord from the Sengoku period, Nikaido Moriyoshi, who was based around Sukagawa City, in Nakadori Chubu, Fukushima Prefecture. ...Even if you like Japanese history, you don't know...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.14

Yotokuin (Aihime)

What kind of person is Aihime? Tracing the path of Date Masamune's wise wife [Fukushima Prefecture]

In this article, we will explore history with the theme of the man named Megohime, the wife of Date Masamune, who was famous as a great general during the Sengoku period. In fact, she was born in Miharu-cho, Tamura-gun, Fukushima Prefecture...

Motoharu KahashiMotoharu Kahashi2024.12.30

[First] Sugae Masumi walked in Oga Peninsula - Sankaze Mountain and the main mountains of faith...

Sugae Masumi (1754-1829). He was a traveler from the Edo period, and traveled mainly to northern Japan and Hokkaido, and coloured illustrations (illustrations) and...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.05

Learn about the history of Nikaho City, which was born after the merger of three towns associated with Nigaho [Akita...

Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, is located in the southern part of Akita Prefecture, on the prefectural border with Yamagata Prefecture, and in October 2005, Nikaho Town, Ganpo Town, and Kisakata Town...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.29

[Christianity spreading in Tohoku: Part 2] Miyagi Prefecture Northern Prefecture, the village of hidden Christians [...

[Northern Miyagi Prefecture and Southern Iwate Prefecture] Christianity spreading in Tohoku (Part 1) In the northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, which have become the villages of hidden Christians, Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [Northern Kyoto in Tohoku...

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