Battle of Henauke - Battle of Henauke

Japanese: ヘナウケの戦 - ヘナウケのたたかい

In 1643 (Kan'ei 20), the Ainu people of the Setanai (present-day Setana District, Hokkaido) - Shimakomaki (Shimamaki District) region of Western Ezo rose up in action against the Matsumae clan, marking the first battle of the Ainu people in the modern era. Henauke was the name of an Ainu chief. Many details of the battle are unclear, but what we know from records in Matsumae clan chronicles such as "Fukuyama Hifu" is that in the spring of that year, a large-scale Ainu uprising took place, led by the Ainu chief Henauke, with Setanai as its base, and that the Matsumae clan quickly dispatched a suppression force led by Kakizaki Toshihiro and other senior vassals, which was suppressed around May.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1643年(寛永20)，西蝦夷地セタナイ(現，北海道瀬棚郡)―シマコマキ(島牧郡)地域のアイヌ民族が反松前藩の行動に立ちあがった，近世におけるアイヌ民族の最初の戦い。ヘナウケはアイヌの首長名。戦いの具体的な経緯は不明な点が多いが，〈《福山秘府》〉などの松前藩側の年代記類に記された記事から知りうることは，同年春，セタナイを拠点にアイヌの首長ヘナウケを先頭にした大規模なアイヌ民族の蜂起をみたこと，そのため松前藩は，いち早く蠣崎利広ほかの重臣を指揮官とした鎮圧隊を派遣し，5月ごろには鎮圧されるに至ったことなどである。

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