Utsunomiya Noisy Animals - Utsunomiya Noisy Animals

...The fact that Hidetada suddenly left Utsunomiya and returned to Edo Castle by a forced march through the night, combined with the rumors of Hidetada's removal of Masazumi from his position in October of that year and of a rebellion by Matsudaira Tadanao (who retired and was exiled the following year), the lord of Echizen Kitanosho Castle (Fukui), led to the creation of this rumor. [Takagi Shosaku]
[Utsunomiya Noisy Animals]
A general term for books, kodan, kabuki, and kyogen plays based on the Utsunomiya Tsuri Tenjo Incident, which are a mix of fiction and embellishments based on a popular legend created to apply to the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu. Honda Kozuke no Suke Masazumi, the lord of Utsunomiya Castle, who was the guardian of Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga, who lost in a battle with Iemitsu for the succession of Hidetada, held a grudge against Iemitsu.

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…秀忠が急に宇都宮をたって夜通しの強行軍で江戸城に帰った事実と，この年の10月の秀忠による正純改易や越前北ノ庄(福井)城主松平忠直(翌年隠居，流罪)の謀反のうわさとが結びついて，できあがった巷説と考えられる。【高木 昭作】
［宇都宮騒動物］
　宇都宮釣天井事件を題材としてこれに虚構をとりまぜ，3代将軍徳川家光に当てはめて作られた俗説をもとに潤色した実録本･講談･歌舞伎狂言などの総称。秀忠の家督相続を家光と争って敗れた駿河大納言忠長の後見役である宇都宮城主本多上野介正純は，家光に恨みを抱いた。…

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