Tottori Domain Genbun Uprising

Japanese: 鳥取藩元文一揆 - とっとりはんげんぶんいっき

A peasant uprising that occurred in the mid-Edo period. It started in February 1739 in Hatto District, Inaba Province, within the territory of the Tottori Domain, and spread to all of Inaba Province except Iwai District, and Hoki Province except Hino District. The rebels destroyed village headmen and lodged petitions in various places, refused to be persuaded by the magistrates, and gathered in the tens of thousands to demand the return of rice borrowed from the domain, reduction or exemption of small-scale income tax, and replacement of local officials. The domain responded by accepting these demands, and the uprising came to an end, with the ringleaders being arrested. However, an official response was issued by the domain in March, and there was a movement to protest, and the uprising was put down in April.

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Japanese:

江戸時代中期に起きた百姓一揆。1739年２月鳥取藩領内の因幡(いなば)国八東(はっとう)郡から起こり，岩井郡を除く因幡国，日野郡を除く伯耆(ほうき)国の全域に及んだ。一揆勢は各地で大庄屋の打毀(うちこわし)や強訴(ごうそ)を行い，郡奉行らの説得を拒み，数万人が集決して藩による借米の返付，小物成(こものなり)の減免，在方役人の更迭などを要求した。藩側がこれらを一応認める回答を出したことから一揆は収束し，首謀者は捕縛されている。しかし３月に正式に藩の回答が出され，これを不服とする動きがあり，４月には鎮圧されている。

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