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One of Japan's foremost castle towns with
a strong cultural identity, Kanazawa traces
its history back to an uprising in 1546
when priests and peasants joined forces
in a struggle for sovereignty as they had
been unhappy with their feudal lord. The
successful establishment of a religious
government ruled by the Buddhist ikko sect
lasted for less than 40 years. In 1583 Kanazawa
succumbed to the rule of Maeda Toshiie,
whose vast territorial holdings of Kaga
were recognized when Japan came under the
control of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603. Kaga
was the wealthiest province in Japan in
terms of its rice yield of "one million
koku" (one koku is enough rice to feed
one person per year.)
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