Shonai Domain

[Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's silk textile industry was created by replacing the sword with a hoe

Japan Heritage "Silk related to the Samurai - Go to Tsuruoka, the town where you can encounter the original scenery of Japan's modernization" Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to Mt. Gassan, Ha...

NORIJUN2023.04.12

history

[Yamagata Prefecture] Hachiro Kiyokawa, the creator of the Shinsengumi | The true story of the Joi patriots who ushered in the end of the Edo period...

Do you know Hachiro Kiyokawa, the man who started the formation of the Shinsengumi? It is said that ``Hachiro Kiyokawa opened the curtain at the end of the Edo period, and Ryoma Sakamoto closed it.''

naka2022.08.09

Shrines and temples

[Yamagata Prefecture during the Boshin War] Decisions made by the Shonai, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Uenoyama, Tendo, and Shinjo domains...

During the Boshin War, a battle was fought in Yamagata Prefecture over the Shonai clan, which was regarded as an enemy of the Imperial Court, along with the Aizu clan. In addition to the Shonai domain with 170,000 koku and the Yonezawa domain with 180,000 koku...

Daiwa Consilio2022.06.21