Yoshikazu Satake

A feudal lord in the late Edo period. The 9th feudal lord of the Dewa Akita Domain. The eldest son of the 8th lord Yoshiatsu. His childhood names were Naomaru and Jiro. His pen name was Komasa. His pen names included Taiga, Nyofukyusai, Nisshinsai, and Kafuutei. He was appointed to his post at the age of 11 in 1785 (Tenmei 5), and later was appointed as a Junior Fourth Rank Chamberlain and took the title of Ukyo no Daibu. At the time, the Akita Domain was suffering from the impoverishment of rural areas and worsening financial difficulties, so he first increased the upper limit of land leases to 60%, and then carried out fundamental reforms. The core of the plan was the development of human resources and the reform of education through the establishment of the domain school Meidokan (later Meitokukan) and local schools, the promotion of industrial development across agriculture, forestry, mining and manufacturing, and the reform of government affairs through the reorganization of administrative structures and the promotion of human resources, but due to Yoshikazu's death (aged 41) it was not able to achieve sufficient results. However, this promoted the development of various industries such as sericulture, lacquerware and textiles, and the influence of the domain school Meitokukan was also great. Yoshikazu was not only skilled in calligraphy and painting, but also wrote many travelogues such as "Azuma no Ki" and "Senmachida Ki", and was well known as a literary feudal lord. He died in his home province in July 1819.

[Handa Ichitaro]

"Tenjuin Satake Yoshikazu-kun" (1916), edited and published by Okubo Tetsusaku

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江戸後期の大名。出羽(でわ)秋田藩9代藩主。8代義敦(よしあつ)の長子。幼名直丸(なおまる)、次郎。字(あざな)は子政。泰峨(たいか)、如不及斎(にょふきゅうさい)、日新斎、荷風亭(かふうてい)などの号がある。1785年（天明5）11歳で就封、のち従(じゅ)四位下侍従に任ぜられ、右京大夫を襲称した。当時秋田藩は農村の疲弊と財政難の深刻化に悩んでいたので、まず知行借上げの上限を6割にまで強化し、やがて抜本的な大改革を断行した。藩校明道館（のち明徳館）と郷校の設立による人材育成と教学刷新、農・林・鉱・工業にわたる殖産興業の推進を中核とし、職制の整備と人材の登用による政務の刷新などを主要な政策とするものであったが、義和の死没（41歳）によって十分な成果をあげえなかった。しかしこれによって養蚕、漆器、織物などの諸産業の発展が促され、また藩校明徳館の影響も大きかった。なお義和は書画に優れているだけでなく、『東(あずま)の記』『千町田記』その他の紀行集も多く、文人大名としての名も高い。文化(ぶんか)12年7月国元で死没。

［半田市太郎］

『大久保鉄作編・刊『天樹院佐竹義和公』（1916）』

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