History of Asia

What is the purpose of Rakuichi Rakuza by Nobunaga Oda?

1541 Toki Yorinari Is Saito Dosan Since being banished to Mino Province Was dominated by the Saito family.

Nobunaga Oda Father Nobuhide Also 1547 I attacked Mino, but I was defeated before the protection of the iron wall of Inabayama Castle. At the time of peace, the marriage of Dosan Saito's daughter, Return Butterfly, and Oda Family Firstborn, Nobunaga was decided.

At the meeting between Nobunaga and Dosan's Shotokuji Temple, Dosan expected Nobunaga and at the same time said that Mino Province would eventually become Nobunaga's.

Oda Nobunaga's attack on Mino and Takeshi Tenkafu

1554 Saito Dosan Is his son Yoshitatsu However, due to various circumstances, 1556 Dosan will be defeated by Yoshitatsu. Before being defeated, Dosan said, " Mino Province gives to his son-in-law, Nobunaga . Nobunaga said, [ Enemy of the 舅 . ] To subdue the Saito family.

For details on the Mino attack, please refer to this article for details.

Nobunaga who succeeded in attacking Mino is a castle town of Mt. Inaba [ Inoguchi ] To [ Gifu ] And renamed. The name Gifu is [ King Wen, the father of King Wen of Zhou, who is said to have carried out politics that loves the ancient Chinese people, came from Qishan . ] It is derived from things.

The people at that time said, " End the world of the Warring States as soon as possible and create a peaceful world ... I was hoping. Nobunaga himself, who grasped the needs of the people, wanted to settle the country and guarantee a prosperous life like King Wu of Zhou, and decided to become a heavenly man.

Reform for Tenka Fubu

For Tenka Fubu, Nobunaga made reforms such as rationalization, modernization, and OA of the vassals.

The reforms are separation of soldiers and farming and Rakuichi Rakuza . was.

Regarding the separation of soldiers and farming, please refer to it here ...

Separation of soldiers and farming By doing this, you need merchants to take care of the soldiers' lives.

However, merchants do not gather so much in the castle town of the Warring States period, where it is unknown when the enemy will attack.

Therefore, Nobunaga took a reconciliation measure with [ Rakuichi Rakuza . 】was.

  • Lend a specific land for free to attract merchants and do not pay annual tribute.
  • Merchants who come to the castle town of Gifu are free to compete. * In modern terms, [deregulation]
  • The castle town will be improved by Nobunaga's plans and funds.

It was the content that said.

Oda Nobuhide / Nobunaga Parent and Child Is a person with a good sense of economy, and has managed a commercial city called Tsushima in the vicinity since he was in Kiyosu Castle. He was making a fortune by absorbing the wealth that came up from here.

Eventually Nobunaga money selection [ Distribute good money and drive out bad money ] I will issue a law.

Also, when I learned about foreign cultures from Christian missionaries who came to Japan, I became active in international exchange and introduced foreign cultures into the castle town. The missionaries who visited the castle town of Gifu were [ like the city of Babylon . ] It seems that it was evaluated.

A new culture created by changing the values ​​of those days

In Japan at that time, hard There is a way of thinking, [ one place ] Is [ land In the sense of [hard], [ protect your own land and fight for life with those who try to steal it ] Was a natural idea.

Nobunaga, who clung to this idea and thought that reforms could not be made according to the times, values ​​that change to land . I thought about raising . That was the tea ceremony culture that took place in the town of Sakai. was.

The introduction of tea ceremony culture by Nobunaga eventually led to the development of pottery . Not only housing, landscaping, tree planting, flower cultivation, improvement of clothes, popularization of high-class meals It will be a great achievement.

This culture is [ Azuchi culture ], And it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's [ Momoyama Culture that inherited this culture. ], And the basis is industrialization of tea ceremony culture Was supported by.

Hard mentioned above I went to change the idea of ​​ Siege of Mount Hiei and Ikko-ikki . Is believed to be. Perhaps he thought it was necessary to take the plunge in order to change the conventional wisdom.

Nobunaga's Rakuichi Rakuza The founding of the company deprived the vested interests of its fellow merchants, made commerce a free competition, and gradually removed barriers and shipyards that hindered logistics and human travel.

Also, as long as I was Japanese, I had the idea that I was free to go anywhere, and merchants were free to do business anywhere. Therefore, in the territory of the Oda clan, Rakuichi Rakuza was established everywhere and its free economic policy was developed.