was a rural

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

located in

Dewa Province was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History Early per ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

.竹内一朔「秋田郡」『秋田大百科事典』　秋田魁新報社、1981年、ISBN 4870200074 It was established in

804 __NOTOC__ Year 804 ( DCCCIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Abbasid Caliphate * Battle of Krasos: Emperor Nikephoros I refuses to pay the tribute imposed by Caliph Harun al-Rashid of the A ...

, and absorbed Hinai District, Mutsu Province in

1590 Events January–March * January 6 – García Hurtado de Mendoza becomes the new Viceroy of Peru (nominally including most of South America except for Brazil). He will serve until 1596. * January 10 – Construction of th ...

. It was the largest district in Dewa until Akita District was divided into Minamiakita District and Kitaakita District in

1878 Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...

. The provincial capital was located in

Tsuchizaki is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the neighbourhood had an estimated population of 21,310 and a population density of 3,400 persons per km². The total area of the neibourhood is . Annexed by the city in 1941, ...

/Terauchi area and transferred to Kubota, Akita in the 17th century. 　 Akita KitaAkita-gun 1889

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Akita Castle refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”. The name is sometimes used wrongly for Kubota Castle, an Edo period ...

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Minato Castle was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Muromachi period, Minato Castle was home to the Akita clan, Ando clan, ''daimyō'' of Akita Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Provi ...

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Wakimoto Castle is a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979. Background The precise date of the construction of Wakimoto Castle is not ...

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Koshiō Shrine Koshiō Shrine (古四王神社, ''Koshiō jinja'') is a Shinto shrine located in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami of Ōhiko no mikoto (大彦命) and Takemikazuchi no mikoto (武甕槌命). Its annual festival takes place o ...

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Kiritanpo is a Japanese dish particularly in Akita Prefecture. Freshly cooked rice is pounded until somewhat mashed, then formed into cylinders around Japanese cedar skewers, and toasted over an open hearth. It can then be served with sweet miso or cook ...

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Akita Kantō The is a Japanese festival celebrated from 3–7 August in Akita City, Akita Prefecture in hope for a good harvest. Around two hundred bamboo poles five to twelve metres long, bearing twenty-four or forty-six lanterns, topped with ''gohei'', and ...

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Magewappa is a traditional Japanese steam bending woodcraft found in Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Magewappa products are known for the brilliant elegance of their straight grain, and the light yet rich color. History ''Magewappa'' was first made ...

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Isedōtai Ruins The are a late Jōmon period archaeological site in the city of Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. Discovered during the construction of a highway to nearby Odate–Noshiro Airport, the remains were designated ...

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