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18 unusual facts about Dewa Province


Fujisato, Akita

The area of present-day Fujisato was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Funagata, Yamagata

The area of present-day Funagata was part of ancient Dewa Province and is mentioned in Nara period documents as a location of a fortified settlement on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific coast.

Gojōme, Akita

The area of present-day Gojōme was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Hachirōgata, Akita

The area of present-day Hachirōgata was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Ikawa, Akita

The area of present-day Ikawa was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Kahoku, Yamagata

The area of present-day Kahoku was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Kaneyama, Yamagata

The area of present-day was Kaneyama part of ancient Dewa Province and during the Nara Period and early Heian period was an important fortified point on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific Ocean.

Mamurogawa, Yamagata

The area of present-day Mamurogawa was part of ancient Dewa Province and the location of Sakenobe Castle in the Sengoku period.

Mikawa, Yamagata

The area of present-day Mikawa was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Misato, Akita

The area of present-day Misato was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Nakayama, Yamagata

The area of present-day Nakayama was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Nishikawa, Yamagata

The area of present-day Nishikawa was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Oguni, Yamagata

The area of present-day Oguni was part of ancient Dewa Province and was ruled as part of Yonezawa Domain during the Edo period.

Ōishida, Yamagata

The area of present-day Ōishida was part of ancient Dewa Province and is mentioned in the Engishiki records as the location of a fortified settlement on the highway connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific coast.

Ōu Mountains

These mountains previously formed the boundary between historical provinces of Mutsu (陸奥国) and Dewa (出羽国).

Shōnai, Yamagata

The area of present-day Shōnai was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Takahata, Yamagata

The area of present-day Takahata was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Yamanobe, Yamagata

The area of present-day Yamanobe was part of ancient Dewa Province.


Tozawa, Yamagata

The area of present-day was Tozawa part of ancient Dewa Province and during the Nara Period and early Heian period was an important fortified point on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific Ocean.

Yonezawa Castle

Ōe Tokihiro, the younger son of Ōe no Hiromoto, a senior retainer of the Kamakura shogunate was granted lands in Dewa Province, and in 1238 changed his name to Nagai Tokihiro.