
[Yamagata Prefecture] Tsuruoka's silk weaving industry, built by trading swords for hoes
Table of Contents1 Tsuruoka was ruled by the Sakai clan of the Shonai domain during the Edo period.2 Samurai who lost their jobs during the Meiji Restoration abandoned their swords for hoes and cultivated the forests into mulberry fields.3 "Tsuruoka Silk" began at the "Matsugaoka Reclaimed Land"...















