Shimōsa Province

• See also: List of Provinces

Shimōsa Province

Shimōsa Province (下総国) was one of the many provinces of Japan.

Legendery Period

During the time when Yamato Takeru is sent to deal with the Emishi he comes to this province where he finds two Emishi leaders in Take called Shimatsukami and Kunitsukami. Upon seeing his ship, and knowing they would be defeated, they throw down their weapons and so Yamato Takeru makes them his personal attendants.²

Edo Period

During this time there was a hatamoto known as Hotta Masanobu (堀田 正信) who heavily taxed the residents of the province. He ignored there please to ease the taxes, and so eventually a man known as Sakura Sōgorō (佐倉 惣五郎) sent a petition straight to the shogun at the time (Tokugawa Ietsuna).

Due to this he agreed to lower taxes, however, as Sakura had gone above the provincial lords head he had Sakura and his wife crucified and his four children beheaded. The crixifiction occurred September 24th 1653.¹

Footnotes

1. Yoda, H & Alt, M. (2012) “Yurei Attack: The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide” Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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