▁on ▁the ▁surname , ▁" O g ura ". ▁As ▁migr ant ▁minor ity ▁group ▁they ▁moved ▁about ▁in ▁groups ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁families , ▁collect ing ▁wood ▁in ▁the ▁mountains . ▁Contact ▁between ▁these ▁groups ▁was ▁achieved ▁through ▁two ▁shr ines , ▁en sh r ining ▁the ▁legend ary ▁pr inc ely ▁ancest or . ▁S hr ine ▁officials ▁tra ve led ▁through ▁the ▁country , ▁collect ing ▁contributions ▁and ▁hand ing ▁out ▁lic enses ▁for ▁collect ing ▁wood ▁and ▁for ▁purs uing ▁their ▁profession . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁ 1 5 3 6 ▁families ▁were ▁managed ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁shr ines . ▁In ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁Me iji ▁Rest oration ▁the ▁k iji ya ▁lost ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁collect ▁wood ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁abandon ▁their ▁mig rat ory ▁l ifest yle , ▁sett ling ▁in ▁villages ▁where ▁they ▁worked ▁in ▁furn iture ▁or ▁lac quer ware ▁producing ▁companies , ▁or ▁became ▁far mers ▁or ▁char co al ▁mak ers . ▁As ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁small ▁k iji ya ▁communities ▁were ▁reported ▁in ▁F uk ush ima ▁Pref ect ure , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁assumed ▁that ▁only ▁individuals ▁of ▁these ▁groups ▁surv ive ▁today , ▁mainly ▁in ▁mountains ▁and ▁villages ▁of ▁T oh oku . ▁ ▁Altern ative ▁names ▁Altern ative ▁names ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁k iji ya ▁include : ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁. ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : W ood turn ing ▁Category : W ood working