The Utatsuyama Riots

...Others included the Ai-ikechi, who rented farmland from farmers, and the residents of temples and shrines under the control of the Magistrate of Temples and Shrines, who made up the low-income class. They often caused riots and disturbances, such as the well-known Utatsuyama Riot of 1858 (Ansei 5), in which the Nanane Jizo statue stands in memory of the ringleaders who were executed. The museum is home to crafts such as metalwork (inlay, etc.), lacquerware (maki-e, etc.), woodwork, and pottery (Ohi ware), which were started by the third feudal lord, Toshitsune, and completed during the fifth lord, Tsunanori, as well as the vast collection of books in the Sonkeikaku Library and the Hyakuko Hisho (a collection of specimens of crafts)....

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Utatsuyama Riot" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この他に，農民から農地を借用する相対請地（あいたいうけち），寺社奉行支配の寺社門前地の住民があり，低所得層を占めた。彼らはしばしば打毀，騒擾をおこしたが，1858年(安政5)の卯辰山騒擾はよく知られており，処刑された主謀者のための七稲（なないね）地蔵が立っている。3代藩主利常によって始められ，5代綱紀のとき完成した金工(象嵌など)，漆芸(蒔絵など)，木工，陶器(大樋焼)などの工芸品や，尊経閣文庫の膨大な図書，百工比照（ひやつこうひしよ）(工芸品の標本のコレクション。…

※「卯辰山騒擾」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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