 During the Azuchi–Momoyama period, in 1591 Gamō Ujisato gained control of the Shinobu and Date districts, and under him took control of , which was in the southwest of present-day Fukushima.The following year he moved from Ōmori Castle to Suginome Castle.It is said that, inspired by the recent renaming of to the more joyous-sounding , he changed the name of his new residence to .