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Japanese: 近思録崩れ - きんしろくくずれ

An incident in the Satsuma Domain in the late Edo period. In 1787 (Tenmei 7), Nariyoshi inherited the title of the 27th head of the Shimazu clan, but the finances were heading for disaster due to the progressive and enlightened policies of the previous head of the clan, Shigehide. In 1807 (Bunka 4), Nariyoshi appointed the Kinsiroku faction (a faction that was an avid reader of Kinsiroku and valued practicality) and implemented a drastic austerity policy, destroying all of Shigehide's new policies. Infuriated, Shigehide ordered around 50 members of his party, including Kabayama and Chichibu, to commit seppuku, be banished to remote islands, or be taken to a temple the following year, and Nariyoshi retired and had his grandson, Narioki, take over the title.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代後期，薩摩藩の事件。1787年(天明7)斉宣が島津家27代の封をついだが，前代重豪（しげひで）の開化進取政策により財政は破局に向かっていた。斉宣は1807年(文化4)近思録派(《近思録》を愛読し，実践を重んずる党派)を起用し，徹底的な緊縮政策を実施し，重豪の新規政策をことごとく破却した。激怒した重豪は翌08年樺山･秩父ら50人ばかりの党類に切腹，遠島，寺入りを命じ，斉宣を隠居させて孫の斉興に襲封させた。

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