Tono

Tono is a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of one October 2016, the city had an expected population of 28,098, and a populace density of 34 men and women according to km² in 10,089 families. The total location is 825.97 square kilometres. Tono is referred to as “The City of Folklore" for its rural nature, its preservation of traditional way of life and especially for the collection of folktales, Tono Monogatari, written by way of Kunio Yanagita in 1910. The area of gift-day Tono was part of historic Mutsu Province, and has been settled considering that as a minimum the Jomon length. It is one of the great place.

Pottery fragments can nonetheless be found in farmers' fields and different locations. Later the area turned into inhabited with the aid of the Emishi and plenty of location names are primarily based on the Ainu language. In the Early Nine-Years War lasting from 1051 to 1063, Minamoto no Yoshiie fought walking battles with Abe no Sadato during the vicinity. There are references to this in " Tono Monogatari" and arrowheads nevertheless turn up now and again. Later the Hiraizumi Fujiwara managed Tono which become a prized area for horse breeding, farming and looking.