Echigo Disturbance - Echigo Disturbance

Between 1679 (Enpo 7) and 1681 (Tenwa 1), there was a family dispute in the Takada Domain in Echigo Province (Niigata Prefecture). The domain's lord, Matsudaira Echigonokami Mitsunaga (son of Tadanao and grandson of the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada by marriage), left the administration of the domain to the kokuro (chief retainers), but the one who held real power among them was Mitsunaga's sister's husband, Oguri Mimasaka Masanori. In opposition to this, the retainers promoted Mitsunaga's younger brother, Nagami Okura Nagayoshi, and banded together with the chief retainer Ogita Shume and others, claiming that Oguri was extravagant and disloyal, and spreading rumors that Oguri's son Kamon was being adopted by Mitsunaga and was trying to take over the lord's family. Finally, in 1679, the anti-Oguri faction (who called themselves the Otamekata and called their opponents the Gyakuikata) came armed and stormed into the Oguri residence, but a clash was averted. However, the shogunate found out about it, and Otamekata's Nagami and Ogita were punished that same year. This further enraged the Otamekata, who lobbied the shogunate, and in 1681, Tsunayoshi, who had become the fifth shogun the previous year, made an extraordinary personal decision. As a result, Mimasaka and others committed seppuku, Nagami and Ogita were exiled, and Mitsunaga's 260,000 koku of land was confiscated for failing to quell the unrest among his retainers. Mitsunaga was placed under the custody of the Matsuyama Domain in Iyo, but was pardoned six years later. Later, in 1698 (Genroku 11), Mitsunaga's adopted son Nobutomi was granted a fief of 100,000 koku in the Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province (Okayama Prefecture), and the family was restored to power.

[Ueno Shuji]

"Takada City History" 2 volumes (1958, Takada City)

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1679年（延宝7）～81年（天和1）、越後国（新潟県）高田藩の御家騒動。藩主松平越後守光長(えちごのかみみつなが)（忠直(ただなお)の子で2代将軍徳川秀忠(ひでただ)の外孫）は藩政を国家老に任せていたが、なかでも実権を握っていたのは光長の妹婿小栗美作正矩(おぐりみまさかまさのり)であった。これに対抗する家臣は、光長の弟永見大蔵長良(ながみおおくらながよし)を押し立て、家老荻田主馬(おぎたしゅめ)らを中心に結束し、小栗が奢侈(しゃし)で不忠者だと主張し、さらに、小栗の子掃部(かもん)を光長の養子にして主家を乗っ取ろうとしているとの噂(うわさ)を流した。1679年ついに反小栗派（お為方(ためかた)と自称し、相手を逆意方とよぶ）は武装して小栗邸に押し寄せたが、衝突は回避された。しかし幕府の知るところとなり、お為方の永見・荻田らが同年処罰された。これによってお為方はさらに憤激し、幕府に働きかけ、81年、前年5代将軍となった綱吉(つなよし)の異例の親裁となる。その結果、美作らが切腹、永見・荻田らが流罪となり、光長も家臣騒動を鎮められなかったことから所領26万石を没収された。光長は伊予松山藩預けとなったが6年後に赦(ゆる)され、その後98年（元禄11）光長の養子宣富(のぶとみ)が美作国（岡山県）津山藩10万石に封ぜられ、家を再興した。

［上野秀治］

『『高田市史』全2巻（1958・高田市）』

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