Otakasawa Village

...A city at the southern tip of Miyagi Prefecture. In 1954, Shiroishi Town was incorporated into the city by the merger of six villages: Kosugo, Saigawa, Ohira, Otakazawa, Shirakawa, and Fukuoka. In 1957, Obara Village was incorporated. Population 41,852 (1995). Located in the Shiroishi River basin, a tributary of the Abukuma River, the city occupies the southern half of the Shiroishi Basin. In the Middle Ages, it was the base of the Shiroishi clan, and in the early modern period, it occupied a key location in the southern part of the Sendai domain. The Katakura clan, a senior vassal of the clan, lived in Shiroishi Castle, and a castle town was formed. It was also a post station on the Sendai-Matsumae road, and a six-day market was held on the 2nd and 7th, where Japanese paper, which the Katakura clan encouraged, was traded. ...

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…宮城県南端の市。1954年白石町と越河（こすごう），斉川，大平，大鷹沢，白川，福岡の6村が合体，市制。57年小原村を編入。人口4万1852(1995)。阿武隈川の支流白石川の流域にあり，白石盆地の南半を占める。中世に白石氏が拠った地で，近世には仙台藩領の南の要所を占め，重臣片倉氏が白石城に居城し，城下町が形成された。仙台･松前道の宿駅でもあり，2･7日の六斎市が立ち，片倉氏が奨励した和紙などが取引された。…

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