Otsuki Incident - Otsuki Incident

...A family dispute that occurred in the Kaga domain in the mid-18th century. Also known as the Otsuki Disturbance. It involved the incident in which Otsuki Denzo, a favorite of the sixth domain lord, Maeda Yoshinori, was impeached by the conservative faction and fell from grace, and committed suicide in exile, as well as the incident in which Yoshinori's concubine, Shinnyoin (Osada), and her sons were imprisoned and died in connection with the poisoning of a tea kettle at the domain's Edo residence.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…18世紀中期に加賀藩で起こった御家騒動。一名大槻騒動。その内容は，6代藩主前田吉徳の寵臣大槻伝蔵が門閥･守旧派に弾劾されて失脚し，流刑地で自刃した事件，および江戸藩邸での茶釜毒入り事件に関連して吉徳の側室真如院(お貞の方)とその男子らが幽閉されて死んだ事件がからめられたもの。…

※「大槻騒動」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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