Uge's words - Uge's words

This is an autobiography of Matsudaira Sadanobu, a politician of the late Edo period. The title is a four-character breakdown of the two characters of "Sadanobu." It is a biography that covers Sadanobu's life from 1758 (8th year of the Horeki era), when he was born into the Tayasu family of the Gosankyo (three branches of the Tokugawa clan), to his adoption into the Matsudaira family of Shirakawa, where he became the lord of Shirakawa Domain, and then became a senior councilor and carried out the Kansei Shogunate reforms, until his dismissal from his position in 1793 (5th year of the Kansei era). It details his upbringing, friendships, and the administration of the Shirakawa Domain, but the main focus of this book is the description of the Kansei reforms. This is clear from Sadanobu's own handwriting, which reads, "This letter should list all the descendants who will become senior councilors." It is an indispensable and important resource for elucidating the Kansei reforms and Sadanobu's ideas.

[Makoto Takeuchi]

"Ugejingo: Shugyo-roku (The Words of the People of the Ukes and the Records of Training)" edited by Matsudaira Sadamitsu (Iwanami Bunko)

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江戸後期の政治家松平定信(さだのぶ)の自叙伝。題名は「定信」の2字を、4字に分解したもの。定信が御三卿(ごさんきょう)の田安(たやす)家に生まれた1758年（宝暦8）から、白河(しらかわ)松平家に養子入りして白河藩主となり、さらに老中となって寛政(かんせい)の幕府改革を断行、老中を解任される1793年（寛政5）までを記述した半生記である。生い立ち、交友、白河藩政などを詳記しているが、本書の眼目は、寛政の改革についての記述にある。そのことは、「此書付(このかきつけ)、子孫老中になり候(そうろう)ものは一覧有之(これある)べし」と、定信が自筆していることからも明らかであろう。寛政の改革や定信の思想などを解明するうえに、欠かせぬ重要資料である。

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『松平定光校訂『宇下人言・修行録』（岩波文庫）』

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