Honjo domain

[Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture] Sandwiched between the Kubota clan and the Shonai clan, the Honjo clan, Kameda clan, and Yajima...

Until the Edo period, the areas of Yamagata and Akita prefectures were treated as one country. Yurihonjo City is located on Mt. Chokai, which stands on the prefectural border with Yamagata Prefecture.

NORIJUN2024.05.27

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[Akita Prefecture during the Boshin War] What were the decisions of the Kubota, Kameda, Honjo, and Yajima domains?

In Akita Prefecture at the end of the Edo period, in addition to the Kubota domain (Akita domain) and its branch domains, which had a total of 200,000 koku, there were only small domains such as the Kameda, Honjo, and Yajima domains, each with a total of less than 20,000 koku. Kubota domain...

Daiwa Consilio2022.06.28