Otori Ippei - Otori Ippei

...It is said that this was a legacy of the Warring States period, or that it was an outlet for the discontent of direct retainers who had to settle for small stipends compared to their meritorious service, but many of them were low-ranking people such as small and medium-sized servants and young retainers of hatamoto. The shogunate made efforts to suppress them, and in 1612 (Keicho 17), Otori Itsubei and others were arrested and executed. There are also records that there were about 300 such people in Edo. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Otorii Itsubei" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…戦国の遺風によるとか，勲功に比して小禄に甘んじなければならなかった直参譜代の者の不満のはけ口であったなどといわれるが，その多くは旗本に奉公する中小性･若党など身分の低い者であった。幕府はその禁圧に努め1612年(慶長17)には大鳥居逸兵衛らを逮捕して処刑している。その党類は江戸に300人ほどいるとした記録もある。…

※「大鳥居逸兵衛」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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