Masazumi Ohara

...The position was passed down from generation to generation, and its main duties were mine and forest-related duties, which required special knowledge and experience, and the management of the checkpoint. At first there were 84 members, but in 1789 (Kansei 1), when the 13th head, Ohara Masazumi, was held responsible for the so-called Ohara Disturbance and exiled, many were dismissed, and the number was reduced to just over 30. In January 1868 (Meiji 1), the 25th head, Niimi Masanori, fled to Edo before the government army entered Hida, and this marked the end of the rule of the Hida Gundai. ...

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…代々世襲し，特殊な知識と経験を必要とする鉱山･山林関係の職務や口留番所の管理を主務とした。はじめ84人であったが，1789年(寛政1)13代大原正純が，いわゆる大原騒動の責を問われ遠島処分に付されたときに多数解職され，以後三十数名に減員した。1868年(明治1)1月，官軍の飛驒入国を前に25代新見正功が江戸に逃走し，これによって飛驒郡代の支配は終焉した。…

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