Tamura

Tamura lies among the hills of southern Mutsu, where the castle town of Miharu grew under the local Tamura family. After their dispossession in 1590, the district passed through several hands. Matsushita Nagatsuna repaired the castle and laid out its town in the early seventeenth century. In 1645 Akita Toshisue took over the Miharu domain, beginning a long period of rule by his family.