The Great Bungo-Choshu Rebellion

Japanese: 防長大一揆 - ぼうちょうだいいっき

A peasant uprising occurred in the Choshu domain during the Edo period. It is also known as the Tenpo Great Rebellion, and was the catalyst for the Tenpo Reforms of the domain. In 1829, the domain established a product exchange office and took measures to place peasant commercial crops under domain control, but in 1831 a conflict arose between peasants and privileged government merchants, triggering an uprising that spread from the Seto Inland Sea coast to the Sea of Japan coast. The rebels, estimated to have numbered 100,000 to 130,000, demanded the elimination of control over product distribution, a reduction in annual taxes, and reforms to village administration. The domain responded by abolishing the product exchange office and the monopoly system, but sporadic uprisings have occurred since then.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，長州(ちょうしゅう)藩領内で起きた百姓一揆。天保(てんぽう)大一揆ともいわれ，同藩の天保改革の契機となった。1829年藩は産物会所を開設して百姓の商品作物を藩の統制下に置く施策をとっていたが，1831年に特権的な御用達商人と百姓が紛争，これを発端に一揆が起き，瀬戸内海沿岸から日本海沿岸の一帯まで波及した。その参加者数10万とも13万ともいう一揆勢は，商品流通の統制排除，年貢(ねんぐ)の軽減，村方行政の改革などを要求，これに対して藩は産物会所および専売制の廃止などを回答して切り抜けたが，その後も散発的に一揆が起きている。

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