Iki Iori - Lively

…In 1615 (Genwa 1), Terusumi was granted 38,000 koku of rice in the Shiso Domain, and in 1606, he was granted an additional 25,000 koku of rice in the Sayo Domain, the former territory of his younger brother Teruoki. In response, he tried to increase his vassals, and appointed Osaka ronin Ogawa Shirouemon as his new chief retainer, recommended by his favorite retainer Suga Tomoyasu. The incident started with a financial tangle involving a certain head retainer of the flag magistrate Bessho Rokuzaemon, and the two factions of the old chief retainer Iki Iori and the head retainers (11 people) and the new chief retainer Ogawa, Suga and Bessho, led to a power struggle within the family, and more than 100 head retainers and their comrades fled the domain. The shogunate made a ruling in July 1640, ordering Iki and his son, who were considered ringleaders, and the head retainers and their sons who had fled the domain, to commit seppuku. Suga and his son were sentenced to death, and Ogawa was placed in the care of another family. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Igi Iori" is listed below.

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…輝澄は1615年(元和1)宍粟藩3万8000石を領し，31年弟輝興の旧領佐用藩2万5000石を加増されたので家臣の増強を図り，寵臣菅友拍の推挙で新たに大坂浪人小川四郎右衛門を家老に登用した。たまたま旗奉行別所六左衛門の小頭某をめぐる金銭問題のもつれが発端となり，旧来からの家老伊木伊織や物頭衆(11人)らと，新参家老小川と結んだ菅･別所らの両派に分かれて家中の権力騒動に発展し，物頭衆とその同志100余人が脱藩した。幕府は40年7月裁断し，首魁とされた伊木父子および脱藩した物頭衆父子らに切腹を命じ，菅父子は死罪，小川は他家預けとなった。…

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