Awa

Awa lies at the southern end of the Bōsō Peninsula, where the waters of Edo Bay meet the Pacific. In the fifteenth century the Satomi family established its power here, eventually uniting the province. Satomi Yoshiyasu moved to Tateyama Castle in 1591, making the harbour and its surrounding town a centre of his rule. In 1614 the shogunate removed the family to Kurayoshi in Hōki, and Awa was divided among new rulers.