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The five generations of lords based at Hachigata Castle and the warriors around them: Nagao Kageharu, Uesugi Akisada, Uesugi Akizane, Uesugi Norihiro, Hojo Ujikuni, and also Ota Dokan and Ise Soun. The story of the ruins is always a layered record of human decisions.
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Ujikuni's plea for lives and the fall of Hachigata.
Hojo Ujikuni tried to protect without fighting to the very end. Facing Hideyoshi's great army, what he offered was not the lives of his people, but his own pride.
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Ota Dokan and Hachigata Castle.
Known as the brilliant strategist who built Edo Castle, Ota Dokan also argued strongly that Hachigata should become the headquarters of the Kanto Kanrei.
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