Are you familiar with the expression "shinobu mochizuri"? It is a word that frequently appears in the world of waka poetry, but it is actually a word that is connected to what is now Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. In modern life, it...
At the mouth of the Omonogawa River, which flows through Akita City, is Akita Port, the largest trading port in Akita Prefecture. The port's address is Tsuchizaki Port, which comes from the traditional name Tsuchizaki Port.
The Akita Domain (Kubota Domain) was a domain controlled by the Satake clan that encompassed almost the entire Akita Prefecture. Its initial kokudaka (rice yield) was approximately 200,000 koku, but later increased to approximately 390,000 koku. The Yamagata Domain, also located in Dewa Province (Yamagata Prefecture), was originally...
Yamagata City was developed as the castle town of the Yamagata Domain and was a commercial city that flourished through the trade of its local specialty, safflower. Yamagata Castle, located at the center of the city, is extremely large, and the outermost Sannomaru area covers an area of approximately 235 hectares.
The word "Uneme" appears in many aspects of life in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, and is a symbol of the area, from Uneme Street, a main road that runs east-west through the city, to the Uneme Festival, a summer tradition held every August.
Kubota Castle and the castle town, which were created through meticulous urban planning by the Akita Domain (Kubota Domain), were destroyed by frequent fires, with most of the buildings lost. Since the Meiji period, Kubota Castle has been preserved as Senshu Park...
According to the Akita City website, "Akita City was founded in 1602 when Satake Yoshinobu was transferred to another province." Satake Yoshinobu arrived in Akita in 1602.
Minamoto no Yoshiie's army was joined by his younger brother, Minamoto no Yoshimitsu, who came from Kyoto to help his brother out of his predicament. The allied forces attacked Kanazawa Castle, which was considered impregnable at the time...
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With the death of Kiyohara Sanehira from illness, the internal conflicts of the Kiyohara clan temporarily subsided. The six Oku districts that had been Sanehira's territory were given to Minamoto no Yoshiie, the governor of Mutsu Province...
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The Kurihara region, which makes up Kurihara City, spreads out at the southeastern foot of Mount Kurikoma. The Ichihasama River, Nihasama River, and Sansasa River all flow through the area, originating from Mount Kurikoma.
