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The development of Akita City began in Tsuchizaki - Tsuchizaki, located at the mouth of the Omono River, developed as a distribution center...

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.

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Mishima Michitsune

Yamagata City (Yamagata Prefecture): The landscape was completely transformed by Mishima Michitsune after the Meiji Restoration

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.

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The castle town of Kubota Castle has been hit by numerous fires since the Meiji era and has changed dramatically since then [Akita Prefecture, Aki...

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...

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Yoshinobu Satake

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

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.

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From the "Portrait of the Three Kings" owned by Hakuoin Temple, Motsuji Temple: Fujiwara no Kiyohira (Source: Wikipedia)

[Series 7: The Battle of Zenkunen and the Battle of Gosannen] The bond between the Genji and the warriors of the eastern provinces, the 100th anniversary of the Oshu Fujiwara clan...

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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"The Later Three Years' War Scroll" (near Kanazawa Fort, 1087) Source: Wikipedia

[Series 6: The Battle of Zenkunen and the Battle of Gosannen] From internal conflict within the Kiyohara clan to a struggle for succession, private wars...

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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Minamoto no Yoshiie from the "Illustrated Scroll of the Former Nine Years' War" (Important Cultural Property, National Museum of Japanese History) Source: Wikipedia

[Series 5: The Battle of Zenkunen and the Battle of Gosannen] 20 years after the Battle of Zenkunen, wars once again spread across Oshu...

After the Battle of Zenkunen, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi returned to Kyoto, and the six Oku districts of Mutsu (inland Iwate Prefecture), which had been under the control of the Abe clan, came under the rule of the Kiyohara clan. The Kiyohara clan fought a long war...

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Takenori Kiyohara (Source: Wikipedia)

[Series 4: The Battle of Zenkunen and the Battle of Gosannen] The Kiyohara clan, who completely changed the course of the Battle of Zenkunen...

After their crushing defeat at the hands of Abe no Sadato in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie are said to have worked tirelessly to regain their fighting strength...

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Abe no Sadatō from the "Illustrated Scroll of the Former Nine Years' War" (Important Cultural Property, National Museum of Japanese History) Source: Wikipedia

[Series 3: The Former Nine Years' War and the Later Three Years' War] The unrivaled Abe army was driven into a corner...

Following the Akutogawa Incident in February 1056 (the 4th year of the Tenki era), Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Abe no Yoritoki were once again at war, with the battle situation fluctuating...

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Akurigawa Incident, "The Former Nine Years' War Scroll" (Tokyo National Museum collection) Source: Wikipedia

[Series 2: The Battle of Zenkunen and the Battle of Gosannen] The Battle of Zenkunen was a hard-fought...

Abe Yoriyoshi, the chief of the Oku-Roku District (Iwate Prefecture), ordered Mutsu no Kami Fujiwara no Naritō, who had raised an army to subjugate the enemy, to flee to the Onikiribe region.

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