Kurokawa

Kurokawa lies north of Sendai in the plains and hills of Mutsu. The post town of Yoshioka stood where roads towards Ōshū and Dewa carried travellers and goods through the district. Its inhabitants were obliged to provide horses and labour for transport on the domain's orders, a duty that weighed on the community. Merchants and townspeople worked to sustain the post station and ease that burden.