building disaster preparedness scenarios is not enough . 被害に対する覚悟が できないわ
when the tempo famine struck the domain from 1836 to 1837 , kazan helped the domain survive without any deaths due to starvation by taking various precautions , including the construction of food storages (named " homin-kura " ), education on strict compliance with the law and order , the importance of saving by means of a handbook called " kyoko kokoroe-sho " (handbook for disaster preparedness ), and imparting the principle of priority on the survival of the domain ' s people to the samurai retainers of the domain; consequently , the tahara domain was the only domain that was awarded by the tokugawa shogunate for its great feat . 天保7年（1836年）から翌年にかけての天保の大飢饉の際には、あらかじめ食料備蓄庫（報民倉と命名）を築いておいたことや『凶荒心得書』という対応手引きを著して家中に綱紀粛正と倹約の徹底、領民救済の優先を徹底させることなどで、貧しい藩内で誰も餓死者を出さず、そのために全国で唯一幕府から表彰を受けている。
