Echigo Uprising

It is also called the Uesugi Remainers Uprising or the Uesugi Family Remainers Uprising (Echigo Fuzokushi). It was one of the local battles in the eastern part of the country related to the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 (Keicho 5). In research, it is known as one of the peasant uprisings and local feudal lord uprisings in the early modern period. In 1598 (Keicho 3), Uesugi Kagekatsu was in conflict with Hori Hideharu, the new lord of his former territory of Echigo (Niigata Prefecture), over the handling of matters after the transfer of Aizu (Fukushima Prefecture) to another province. In June 1600, he refused Tokugawa Ieyasu's request to go to Kyoto and was attacked by Aizu. The following month, he dispatched troops to Echigo in response to the uprising of Ishida Mitsunari. The Uesugi forces led by Okuni Saneyori and Sato Jinsuke invaded the Uonuma, Koshi, and Kanbara regions of Echigo from three directions: Rokujurigoe, Yatsujurigoe, and Tsukawaguchi, encouraging rebellions among the former residents of the territory. They attacked Hori's subsidiary castles in Shimokura, Zaodo, Tochio, Sanjo, Sugana, and Tsugawa, but were defeated by a counterattack from the Hori clan. This rebellion and fighting spread widely across the Chuetsu region and lasted for nearly two months. The core of the rebellion was thought to be the samurai and village headmen of the upper classes of the rural areas, and the Hori clan's harsh postwar measures led to the disintegration of the old medieval farming villages and are considered to have marked a turning point in the separation of soldiers and farmers in the region.

[Fujiki Hisashi]

"Comprehensive Study of the History of the Establishment of the Domain System: Yonezawa Domain" edited by the Domain Political History Research Group (1963, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "Fundamental Study of the History of the Establishment of the Shogunate and Domain Systems" by Komura Ni (1983, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

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上杉遺民一揆、上杉家遺民一揆（『越後風俗志』）ともいう。1600年（慶長5）関ヶ原の戦いに関連する東国での局地戦の一つ。研究上は近世初頭の農民一揆、土豪一揆の一として知られる。上杉景勝(かげかつ)は1598年（慶長3）、会津（福島県）国替(くにがえ)後の処理をめぐって旧領越後（新潟県）の新領主堀秀治(ほりひではる)と対立していたが、1600年6月徳川家康の上洛(じょうらく)要請を拒んで会津攻めを受けると、翌月石田三成(みつなり)挙兵に呼応する形で越後に出兵した。大国実頼(おおくにさねより)、佐藤甚助(じんすけ)らの上杉軍は六十里越(ごえ)、八十里越、津川口の三方から越後の魚沼(うおぬま)、古志(こし)、蒲原(かんばら)地方に侵入して旧領民の一揆を促し、下倉(したぐら)、蔵王堂(ざおうどう)、栃尾(とちお)、三条、菅名(すがな)、津川などの堀方支城を攻めたが、堀氏の反撃により敗れた。この一揆と戦いは広く中越地方を覆い2か月近くにわたった。一揆の中心となったのは農村上層の地侍(じざむらい)、名主(みょうしゅ)たちとみられ、堀氏の厳しい戦後処理によって中世的な古い農村は解体し、この地方の兵農分離に大きな画期をもたらしたと評価される。

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『藩政史研究会編『藩制成立史の綜合研究　米沢藩』（1963・吉川弘文館）』▽『小村弐著『幕藩制成立史の基礎的研究』（1983・吉川弘文館）』

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