The WILD legend of Mist Castle

Yamagata Castle is also known as Kajo or Kasumi-ga-jo, The Castle of Mist. I wanted to find out why, and apparently it has something to do with a mountain on the outskirts of Yamagata City called Tokami-yama.

Kiwi Yamabushi Newsletter:
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Tokami-yama Free Hiking Guide and Maps
https://timbunting.com/tokami/

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  1. This is so weird, cause I was just watching a lecture called "Guns, Paper, and Swords: Constructing Samurai Identity in Modern Japan" on the BYU Library Lectures channel. From the 22:15 min mark to 35 min mark they talk about the Mogami clan and Yamagata. Then you post this. There's a screen from the area which was thought to be a battle the Mogami clan participated in but it turns out it was actually one of the earliest depictions of the siege of Osaka depicted by the clan. I highly suggest watching the lecture if you have time. The time stamp I included is the portion where the lecturer talks about it, the other parts aren't related and by different lecturers.

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