When the Aizu-Matsudaira family was allowed their restoration, they were forced to choose the place to found the domain on, and Mondo recommended Inawashiro, but in the end, Shimokita, where Hiroshi YAMAKAWA recommended, was chosen.
会津松平家が再興を許された際、立藩の地を猪苗代か下北かの選択を迫られ、主水は強く猪苗代を推したが、結局山川浩らが推す下北の地に決定した。