Ento - Ento

Japanese: 閹党 - えんとう
Ento - Ento

...From the end of the Wanli period to the beginning of the Taichang and Tianqi periods, when the so-called Three Incidents (the Attack, the Red Round, and the Moving of the Palace) arose over imperial power, they pursued the conspiracies of the opposition and engaged in fierce debates. Although they briefly returned to politics, they had to face bloody oppression when the Eunuch Wei Zhongxian formed the Eunuch Party and implemented a kind of reign of terror using a secret agency (the Dongchang). Blacklists such as the Donglin Diantoku were created, key Donglin Party activists were arrested and died in prison, and the Donglin Academy was closed, causing the Donglin Party to lose all its influence. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Unto Party" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…万暦末年から泰昌・天啓初年にかけて,皇帝権をめぐっていわゆる三案(挺撃(ていげき),紅丸,移宮の3問題)が発生すると,彼らは反対派の陰謀を追及して,はげしい論争を展開する。そして一時政界に復帰したものの,宦官魏忠賢を中心に閹党(えんとう)が形成され,特務機関(東廠)を利用した一種の恐怖政治が行われると,その血なまぐさい弾圧に遭遇しなければならなかった。〈東林点特録〉などのブラック・リストが作成され,東林党の主要な活動家は逮捕されて獄死,東林書院も閉鎖されて東林党はまったく勢力を失った。…

※「閹党」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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