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Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.
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Japanese samurai family
The Satake clan was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. Its first power base was in Hitachi Province. The clan was subdued by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the late 12th century, but later entered Yoritomo's service as vassals. In the Muromachi period,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Portion of Honshu island, Japan
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1868–1869 Japanese civil war
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