
[Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's silk fabric industry created by changing swords to hoes.
Table of Contents 1 Tsuruoka ruled by the Sakai clan of Shonai Domain during the Edo period 2 Samurai who lost their jobs during the Meiji Restoration abandoned their swords and replaced them with hoes, and cleared forests into mulberry fields 3 "Tsuruoka Silk" began at the Matsugaoka Reclamation Farm...