Umekita Uprising

Japanese: 梅北一揆 - うめきたいっき

On June 15, 1592 (Bunroku 1), Shimazu retainer Umekita Kunikane, head of Osumi Yunoo and landlord, changed his mind during a military campaign in Korea and seized Sashiki Castle in Ashikita County, Higo Province, which was under Kato Kiyomasa's control. Umekita called on local samurai in the surrounding areas to rise up, and on the following day, the 16th, he sent Tajiri Arabei, Togo Jinemon, and others to attack Yatsushiro Castle in Yatsushiro County, Higo Province, which was under Konishi Yukinaga's control, in an attempt to create an uprising in southern Higo. He also called on samurai in the Shimazu and Sagara territories in Kuma County to join him, expanding beyond the control of a single daimyo. However, on the 17th, Umekita was assassinated by the caretaker of Sashiki Castle, and the uprising collapsed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1592年(文禄1)6月15日島津氏の家臣で，大隅湯之尾地頭の梅北国兼が朝鮮出兵の途中意を翻して加藤清正領の肥後国葦北郡佐敷城を奪取した事件。梅北は近郷の地侍に決起を呼びかけるとともに翌16日，田尻荒兵衛，東郷甚右衛門らを小西行長領の同国八代郡八代城攻撃に派遣するなど，肥後南部の一揆状況化を図った。さらに島津領と球磨郡相良領の武士に対しても与同を求め，一大名の支配領域を超える展開をみせた。しかし17日，梅北が佐敷城の留守居に謀殺されて一揆は崩壊した。

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