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19-505: Mogami County was an ancient place name in part of Dewa Province ; however, it was located to the south of the present Mogami District, in an area corresponding roughly to modern Higashimurayama District and parts of Nishimurayama District . Under the Tokugawa shogunate , much of the area of modern Mogami District was ruled as part of Shinjō Domain . Following the Meiji restoration it came under

38-544: A force of over 5000 men. The road was greatly resented by the Emishi tribes, and after an uprising in 767, pacification expeditions were carried out in 776, 778, 794, 801 and 811. During the Nara period , under the Engishiki classification system, Dewa was ranked as a "greater country" (上国). Under the ritsuryō system, Dewa was classed as a "far country" (遠国). The name of the province

57-720: A fort on the Mogami River . In 708 AD Dewa District ( 出羽郡 , Dewa-gun ) was created within Echigō Province. The area of Dewa District was roughly that of the modern Shōnai area of Yamagata Prefecture, and was gradually extended to the north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshū . Dewa District was promoted to the status of a province ( Dewa Province ( 出羽国 , Dewa no kuni ) ) in 712 AD, and gained Okitama and Mogami Districts, formerly part of Mutsu Province. A number of military expeditions were sent to

76-509: Is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province . Shrines of lower rank were designated ninomiya ( 二宮 , second) , sannomiya ( 三宮 , third) , shinomiya ( 四宮 , fourth) , and so forth. The term gave rise to modern place names, such as the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi , named after Masumida Shrine in the former Owari Province . The term "Ichinomiya" literally means "first shrine" and

95-431: Is popularly regarded as the highest ranking shrine in each province . The second ranking shrine is referred to as the "Ninomiya" and third ranking shrine as "Sannomiya", and so on. However, there is no documentary material stipulating on how the shrines in each province are to be ranked, or even when this ranking system was created. As a general rule, all shrines designated "Ichinomiya" are of ancient origin and are listed in

114-509: The Engishiki records completed in 927AD. However, the shrine selected is not necessarily the largest, or oldest, in that province, and is not necessarily one of the " Myojin Taisha ", which are regarded as the most important shrines. Rather, per the Ritsuryō legal and administrative system established in the Nara period , kokushi were appointed as imperial governors of each province. When

133-649: The Kamakura period , which developed into the centers of numerous rival samurai clans. In 1335, Shiba Kaneyori received the Dewa Province as a fief from Ashikaga Takauji , but ruled it only in name. By the end of the Sengoku period , the Mogami clan had emerged as the strongest local force in the southern portion of the province, whereas the Akita clan dominated the northern portion of

152-407: The kokushi travelled from Heian-kyo to his local seat at the provincial capital , the first shrine he called upon officially in his province was the "ichinomiya". As the purpose of this visit was to announce to the local kami of his appointment to office, it was important that this shrine be dedicated to important local deities and to be located close to the provincial capital. Even after

171-632: The Heian period, the province was organized into eleven districts. It was later a battleground in the Gosannen War and the Former Nine Years War . Following the destruction of the Northern Fujiwara clan by the forces of the Kamakura shogunate in 1189, many Fujiwara partisans fled to the mountains of Dewa and continued to resist central authority. The area was divided into numerous shōen during

190-460: The area, with armed colonists forming settlements with wooden palisades across central Dewa in what is now the Shōnai area of Yamagata Prefecture . The capital of the new province was initially established at Dewanosaku (出羽柵), a fortified settlement in what is now part of Sakata, Yamagata , which served as a vital military stronghold in the expansion of Yamato control and settlement in the region. In 733,

209-609: The capital was moved north, and a new military settlement, later named " Akita Castle ", was built what is now in the Takashimizu area of the city of Akita. Abe no Yakamaro was sent as Chinjufu-shōgun . In 737, a major military operation began to connect Akita Castle with Taga Castle on the Pacific Coast. Over the next 50 years, additional fortifications were erected at Okachi in Dewa Province and Monofu in Mutsu Province involving

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228-464: The city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka . Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Ushū ( 羽州 ) . Prior to the Asuka period , Dewa was inhabited by Ainu or Emishi tribes, and was effectively outside of the control of the imperial dynasty . Abe no Hirafu conquered the native Emishi tribes at what are now the cities of Akita and Noshiro in 658 and established

247-481: The collapse of the Ritsuryō system by the Kamakura period , the ichinomiya continued to enjoy a certain prestige, and often after all vestiges of the provincial capital had fallen into ruins and its exact location lost, the term "Ichinomiya" was often preserved as a place name. Tachibana Mitsuyoshi, a noted Shinto scholar in the early Edo Period , visited ichinomiya nationwide for 23 years starting 1675, and wrote

266-701: The domains in the area joined the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei supporting the Tokugawa shogunate. Following the defeat of the pro-Tokugawa forces, the new Meiji government reorganized Dewa province into Ugo Province ( 羽後国 ) in the north, and Uzen Province ( 羽前国 ) in the south in 1868.These provinces became Akita Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture on August 2, 1876. [REDACTED] Media related to Dewa Province at Wikimedia Commons 39°00′59″N 140°19′02″E  /  39.01639°N 140.31722°E  / 39.01639; 140.31722 Ichinomiya Ichinomiya ( 一宮 , also 一の宮 or 一之宮 ; first shrine)

285-449: The new province of Uzen Province , which became part of Yamagata Prefecture in 1876. At that time, the area consisted of 2 towns and 86 villages. The area was organized as modern Mogami District in 1878. With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, one towns (Shinjo) and 15 villages were established. Kaneyama was raised to town status on January 1, 1925 and Shinjō was raised to city status on April 1, 1949. Mamurogawa

304-656: The province. Both clans sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara , and were thus secured in their holdings at the start of the Tokugawa shogunate . During the early Edo period , both the Mogami and the Akita were dispossessed, and their territories broken up into smaller domains , the largest of which were held by the Sakai clan and Uesugi clans . During the Bakumatsu period , all of

323-457: The record of his travels in a 13 volume account. This began the popularization of pilgrimages by the common populace to these shrines. Under State Shinto , the ichinomiya were not accorded any special status. Many were accorded high ranks under the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines . While there can be only one "first shrine" in each province, several provinces have various rival candidates for

342-561: Was originally pronounced "Idewa". The Ichinomiya of Dewa Province was the Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine in what is now Yuza, Yamagata . During the Heian period , in 878, a major rebellion known as the Gangyo Disturbance ( 元慶の乱 , Gangyo no ran ) erupted in the region against Yamato rule. Another major uprising occurred in 939, as part of East Japan war Tengyō no Ran . Towards the end of

361-424: Was raised to town status on April 1, 1950 and the towns of Mogami and Funagata were created on September 1 and December 1, 1954. 38°55′30″N 140°15′36″E  /  38.92500°N 140.26000°E  / 38.92500; 140.26000 Dewa Province Dewa Province ( 出羽国 , Dewa no kuni ) was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture , except for

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