Ryushi's New Theory

A representative work by Yamagata Tainii, a thinker of the mid-Edo period. Triggered by the punishment of Takeuchi Shikibu and others for criticizing the shogunate (the Horeki Incident), this work was completed in 1759 (the 9th year of the Horeki era) with criticism of the very existence of the shogunate. It consists of 13 chapters: Seimei (right name), Tokuichi (right), Jinbun (humanities), Taitai (main subject), Bunbu (military affairs), Tenmin (people), Henmin (commoners), Kanshi (people who encourage peace), Anmin (people who protect the people), Shugyo (politics), Currency, Interests, and Fukyo (wealth). It is an old book that Tainii's father unearthed from the site of his former residence over 20 years ago, and is said to have been written in imitation of the Oda period. Based on the idea of ​​revering the emperor and expelling hegemony, it repeatedly explains why the shogunate and shogunate, who held power over the country, have forgotten the righteous path of justice, and shows a practical desire to overthrow the shogunate by hoping for the emergence of a new ruler to replace them. This was the cause of the execution of Daini in 1767 (Meiwa 4) (Meiwa Incident).

[Muneyuki Yamaguchi]

"Yamagata Daini's Posthumous Works" edited by Hirose Koichi (1914, Koyo Tosho Kankokai)

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江戸中期の思想家山県大弐(やまがただいに)の代表的著作。竹内式部(たけのうちしきぶ)らが幕府批判のゆえをもって処罰されたこと（宝暦(ほうれき)事件）を契機に、幕府の存在そのものへの批判を込めて1759年（宝暦9）成立。正名(せいめい)、得一、人文、大体、文武、天民、編民、勧士、安民、守業、通貨、利害、富疆(ふきょう)の13篇(ぺん)からなる。大弐の父が20余年前旧宅跡から掘り出した古書で織田時代を模して書かれたとしているが、尊王斥覇(せきは)思想を根底に、天下の権を握る幕府・将軍家が大義名分の大道を忘れているゆえんを繰り返し述べ、これにかわる新たな為政者の出現を希望するという倒幕への実践的意欲を示した。1767年（明和4）の大弐処刑（明和(めいわ)事件）の原因をなす。

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『広瀬広一編『山県大弐遺著』（1914・甲陽図書刊行会）』

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