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Japanese: 蓑虫騒動 - みのむしそうどう

A general term for peasant uprisings that occurred in Echizen and Wakasa provinces during the Edo period. In 1768, about 20,000 people gathered under Fukui Castle to demand a wide range of taxes, and other uprisings occurred in the Maruoka domain in 1779, the Katsuyama domain in 1786, and the Obama domain in 1833. In many cases, uprisings were accompanied by attacks, but they were planned and organized, and the rebels were almost always victorious, with no one punished. The participants in the uprisings were said to have been called minomushi because they smeared ink or soot on their faces and wore ripped hats and straw raincoats, but in historical documents they are referred to as "peasant minomushi," "minomushi rioting," and "minomushi gang." We can see the fear on the part of the feudal lords and the pride on the part of the peasants.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，越前(えちぜん)国・若狭(わかさ)国などで起こった百姓一揆の総称。1768年の福井城下で約２万人が年貢(ねんぐ)全般にわたる要求をかかげて参集したのをはじめ，1779年の丸岡藩領，1786年の勝山藩領，1833年の小浜(おばま)藩領などでの一揆がある。多くの場合に打毀(うちこわし)を伴ったが，一揆は計画的かつ組織的に進められ，ほとんど一揆側が勝利を収め，処分を受ける者がなかったとされる。一揆の参加者が顔に墨や煤を塗って，破れ笠・破れ蓑(みの)を着けていたことから，蓑虫と称したとされるが，史料には〈百姓蓑虫〉〈蓑虫騒立つ〉〈蓑虫徒党〉などとみえる。そこに領主側の恐れ，百姓側の誇りを見ることができる。

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