Ikekawa Paper Uprising

...From then on, civil government by council was the ruler of the domain, and the Genroku Daijomoku was established in 1690. In the 18th century, disasters such as the great earthquake and tsunami of 1707 (4th year of the Hoei period), the great fire in the castle town in 1727 (12th year of the Kyoho period), and the poor harvest in 1732 occurred one after another, and the domain forced the lease of land to vassals, the collection of rice tax from farmers, and the monopoly of paper, which met with resistance from the people as represented by the Ikekawa Paper Rebellion, and in the Tenmei Reforms, a policy of cutting domain expenses by half was adopted. Later, during the Tenpo period (1830-44), Mabuchi Kahei's reform plan was thwarted, and at the end of the Edo period, with the problem of coastal defense becoming urgent, Yoshida Toyo, who was appointed by Yamauchi Uchidō (Toyonobu), promoted the Ansei Reforms. ...

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…以後藩政では合議制による文治主義が支配的で，1690年には元禄大定目の制定をみた。18世紀に入ると1707年(宝永4)の大地震津波，27年(享保12)の城下の大火，32年の凶作など災害が相つぎ，藩は家臣の借地，農民の出米徴収，紙の専売制などを強行して，池川紙一揆に代表されるような民衆の抵抗にあい，天明改革では藩費半減の方針を採用した。その後，天保年間(1830‐44)には馬淵嘉平による改革の企てが挫折，幕末には海防問題が切迫するなかで，山内容堂(豊信)に登用された吉田東洋が安政改革を推進した。…

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