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- Category
- Regions
- Title
- Oshino
- Areas
- North Area 5
- Location
- Oshino 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
The name Oshino derives from Oshino-sho, a Kamakura-era (1185-1333) manor. The area included Oshikoshi, the northern Hon-machi section of Nonoichi City, and the Youkaichi, Yokogawa, and Hisayasu sections of Kanazawa City.
When the Kaga Ikko-Ikki (uprising of Ikko sect followers in Kaga) occurred in 1488, it is thought that Shinzaemon Takahashi, leader of the uprising, encamped at Oshino San-norin with 5,000 troops, the majority of which being from Oshino.
A description of Oshino Village is found in a letter written in 1599 by Toshiie Maeda, feudal lord of Kaga Domain. This letter provides evidence that Oshino Village had been established at the time.