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The castle town of Kubota Castle since the Meiji period, which was hit by numerous major fires and changed [Autumn in Akita Prefecture...

Kubota Castle and the castle town, which were created by the Akita Clan (Kubota Clan) through meticulous urban planning, have lost most of their buildings due to frequent large fires. Kubo...

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Yoshinobu Satake

The foundation of Akita City is the castle town of Kubota Castle, created by Satake Yoshinobu [Akita Prefecture]

Akita City "began in 1602, when Yoshinobu Satake moved to another country," according to the Akita City website. Yoshinobu Satake (Satake Yoshinobu) is Akita...

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[Series ⑦: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] The bond between the Genji and Togoku warriors, 100 years of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

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...

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[Series ⑥: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] From the internal conflict of the Kiyohara clan to the battle for family succession, private warfare and...

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...

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[Series ⑤: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] 20 years after the role of the previous nine years, the role has expanded once again to Ou...

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...

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[Series ④: Role of the previous nine years, role of the second three years] Mr. Kiyohara, who completely changed the flow of roles of the previous nine years...

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.

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[Series 3: The role of the first nine years and the role of the second three years] Abe's army, which boasts unparalleled strength, is pushed into a corner...

After the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe Yoritoki were at war again...

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[Series ②: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the second three years] The role of the previous nine years goes from truce to battle again, and it is a struggle...

Yoriyoshi Abe, the chieftain of Okuroku-gun (Iwate Prefecture), raised an army to subjugate Mutsu no Kami, Fujiwara no Nobo...

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[Series 1: The role of the previous nine years and the role of the later three years] Why did the Ou War occur at the end of the Heian period...

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.

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Shiroishi Castle and stone monument

There is also a castle with a castle tower in Miyagi! Shiraishi Castle, the castle of Katakura Kagetsuna, the senior retainer of the Date family [...

Speaking of famous castles in the Tohoku region, there are Hirosaki Castle in Aomori Prefecture, Aizuwakamatsu Castle in Fukushima Prefecture, and Sendai Castle in Miyagi Prefecture! ...I would like to say that, but unfortunately Sendai Castle has a castle tower...

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