Gujo Domain

Japanese: 郡上藩 - ぐじょうはん

A small-to-medium-sized Fudai domain with its headquarters in Hachiman, Gujo County, Mino Province (present-day Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture), also known as the Hachiman Domain. It began when Endo Yoshitaka, who sided with the Tokugawa in the Battle of Sekigahara, was granted his former fief of 27,000 koku. Under the reign of the third lord, Tsunetomo, the development of Hachiman-cho, the castle town, progressed, and the shogunate changed his status from castle lord to castle lord himself. In 1677 (Enpo 5) during the reign of the fourth lord, Tsuneharu, a peasant uprising (Enpo Ikki) broke out, demanding a reduction in taxes and other duties, and the domain system was shaken by divisions and conflicts within the family. In 1692, Inoue Masato replaced Endo and entered the domain from Kasama, Hitachi Province, with a fief of 50,000 koku, and reduced the number of vassals in order to rebuild the finances. In 1697, the Kanamori clan entered the area from Kaminoyama, Dewa Province with a stipend of 38,000 koku, but in 1754 (the 4th year of the Horeki era) during the reign of the second lord, Yorinishi, peasant uprisings against tax increases (Gujo Uprising/Horeki Uprising) and the Hakusan Shrine Incident in Itoshiro, Echizen Province (Itoshiro Incident) occurred, leading to Yorinishi's land being confiscated in 1758 and him being placed under permanent custody by the Nanbu family of Morioka Domain, Mutsu Province. Immediately after the Gujo Uprising, Aoyama Yoshimichi entered the area from Miyazu, Tango Province with a stipend of 48,000 koku, and the following year issued various decrees, including prohibitions on ganging and direct appeals, as well as on conspiracies, conspiracies, graffiti, and posters, in an attempt to restore the rule that had been shaken by the uprisings. In 1773, he sent troops to put down a peasant uprising against land surveys in Hida Province (the Ohara Disturbance). The second lord, Yoshisada, and the sixth lord, Yukishige, held important positions in the shogunate, and during the reign of the seventh lord, Yukiyoshi, the domain was unable to reach a consensus on the matter when the Meiji Restoration and Boshin War broke out, and later, when it was decided to surrender to the new government, the faction supported the shogunate.
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Japanese:

美濃国郡上郡八幡（現岐阜県郡上市）に藩庁を置いた譜代(ふだい)中小藩で，八幡藩ともいう。関ヶ原の戦で徳川方にくみした遠藤慶隆が故領２万7000石を安堵されたのに始まる。三代常友の代に城下八幡町の整備が進み，また幕府から，城主格を改め城主として遇されることになった。４代常春治世下の1677年（延宝５）に年貢諸役軽減などを求める百姓一揆（延宝一揆）が起こり，家中の分裂抗争もからんで藩体制は動揺した。1692年遠藤氏にかわって井上正任(まさとう)が常陸国笠間(かさま)５万石から入部，財政再建のため家臣の削減を実施した。1697年金森氏が出羽国上山(かみのやま)から３万8000石で入部，２代頼錦(よりかね)治世下の1754年（宝暦４）に年貢増徴反対などの百姓一揆（郡上一揆・宝暦一揆）と越前国石徹白(いとしろ)の白山社人騒動（石徹白騒動）が起き，頼錦は1758年に所領を没収され，陸奥国盛岡藩南部家へ永預に処された。郡上一揆直後，丹後国宮津(みやづ)から４万8000石で入部した青山幸道(よしみち)は，翌年徒党・直訴の禁止，謀書・謀判・落書・張紙の禁止などをはじめとする諸令を発し，一揆によって動揺した支配を立て直そうとした。1773年には飛騨国で起きた検地反対の百姓一揆（大原騒動）の鎮圧に出兵した。２代幸完(よしさだ)，６代幸哉(ゆきしげ)は幕府の要職を務め，７代幸宜(ゆきよし)のとき，大政奉還・戊辰戦争を迎えたが藩論一決せず，新政府側に帰順すると決まった後佐幕(さばく)派の動きもとった。
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