Kagoso - Kagoso

This was one of the petitions made during the Edo period. Farmers and townspeople would wait in processions for the Shogun, the Shogunate, or feudal lords with their demands, and present their petition to them. The Shogunate and feudal lords banned this practice because it did not follow legal procedures. There is a famous legend that in 1652 (Shoo 1), Sogoro, a headman of the Sakura domain in Shimousa, appealed to Kuze Yamatonokami and Shogun Ietsuna in their palanquins against the oppressive rule of his feudal lord, and in 1785 (Tenmei 5), two townspeople from Yamashiro Fushimi appealed to Matsudaira Hoki no Kami in their palanquins against the oppressive rule of the Fushimi magistrate.

[Kunihiko Mizumoto]

"Peasant Revolts and the Legend of the Righteous People" by Yokoyama Jushio (Kyoikusha History Paperback)

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江戸時代における越訴(おっそ)の一つ。農民や町人が自らの要求を携え、将軍や幕閣、あるいは藩主などの行列を待ち受け、これに訴状を差し出すこと。合法的手順を踏んでいないということから、幕府、領主は、これを禁じた。1652年（承応1）下総(しもうさ)佐倉領の名主惣五郎(そうごろう)が、自領主の苛政(かせい)を久世大和守(くぜやまとのかみ)および将軍家綱(いえつな)の駕籠先へ訴えたとの伝承や、1785年（天明5）山城(やましろ)伏見(ふしみ)の町民2名が、伏見奉行(ぶぎょう)の圧政を松平伯耆(ほうき)守に駕籠訴したことなどは著名である。

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