Itoshiro Incident - Itoshiro Incident

...During this uprising, a fierce conflict arose between the faction of the head priest Sugimoto Sakon and the faction of the priest Uemura Buzen in the land of Hakusan Shrine in Itoshiro under the jurisdiction of the Gujo Domain, and the faction of the Sugimoto faction, who had been driven out of Itoshiro by the Gujo Domain, filed palanquin lawsuits and box lawsuits with the shogunate in 1756-58, complaining about the injustice of the Uemura faction. Finally, in 1758, the shogunate handed down judgments on both cases, resulting in many casualties, including 13 death sentences in the peasant uprising and Uemura Buzen in the Itoshiro riots, but on the other hand, the domain lord Kanamori Yorinishige's land was confiscated, and senior councilor Honda Masatoshi, young councilor Honda Tadao, o-metsuke Magabuchi Hidemoto, finance magistrate Ohashi Chikayoshi, and Mino county magistrate Aoki Jirokuro were punished with the removal of their duties and confiscation of their fiefs. Since the bakufu officials appointed after this were connected to the Tanuma administration, the Gujo Rebellion is considered to have been a turning point for the shogunate government.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Itoshiro Incident" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この一揆の最中，郡上藩管轄下の石徹白（いとしろ）の白山社領で神頭職杉本左近派と神主上村豊前派とが激しく対立し，郡上藩によって石徹白を追われた杉本派が一揆のさなかの1756‐58年に，幕府に駕籠訴，箱訴を行い上村派の不当を訴えた。ついに58年に，幕府の両事件への裁許が下り，農民一揆では13人の死罪，石徹白騒動では上村豊前が死罪になるなど多数の犠牲者が出たが，他方で藩主金森頼錦の領地没収をはじめ，老中本多正珍，若年寄本多忠央，大目付曲淵英元，勘定奉行大橋親義，美濃郡代青木次郎九郎らが役義取上げ，知行召上げなどに処せられた。この後に登用される幕閣が，田沼政権に連なっていくところから，郡上一揆は幕政転換の契機となったとされている。…

※「石徹白騒動」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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