Gamo Ujisato Is a warlord of the Warring States period and is a rare hero . It is also said that Hideyoshi Toyotomi was more afraid than Ieyasu Tokugawa.
Who is the strongest if Hideyoshi, who became a world-renowned man, leads a million soldier? When I asked the vassals, many people Ieyasu Tokugawa and Toshiie Maeda Hideyoshi answered Gamo Ujisato . I said that.
Unfortunately, Gamo Ujisato died at the young age of 40 in the middle of his career.
Today I would like to write about Ujisato's life and economic policy.
Birth of Gamo Ujisato
Gamo Ujisato Father, Katahide Gamo Is the owner of Hino Castle, and is the Rokkaku Yoshikata of Kan'onji Castle in Omi. It was a senior vassal of.
1556 as the 3rd son of Kenshu Ujisato was born.
But 1568 Oda Nobunaga When Rokkaku of Kan'onji Castle was attacked and defeated, Katahide surrendered to Nobunaga and surrendered Hino Castle.
At that time, Ujisato became Nobunaga's hostage, and Gamo became the power of the Shibata Katsuie.
Nobunaga loved Ujisato, who became a hostage, and married Fuyuhime to Ujisato. It seems that Nobunaga couldn't hide the surprise of the Oda family that he had his daughter married to a hostage. Kazutetsu Inaba, one of the three Mino Triumvirate, also [ will eventually become a military commander who will lead a large army . ] It was called.
According to Nobunaga and Ichitetsu's eyesight, Gamo Ujisato is a vassal and a lord, and will play an active role as a military commander in both Bunbu and Budo. In addition, Ujisato is said to have been on good terms with Fuyuhime without having a concubine for the rest of his life, and he is blessed with a boy and a girl and two child treasures between them.
To the daimyo of Ise Matsusaka Castle 120,000 stones ...
Gamo Ujisato played an active part in the attack on Asakura as a power of the Shibata Katsuie, and then Battle of Anegawa, Attack on Nagashima Castle, Attack on Otani Castle, Battle of Nagashino, Attack on Arioka Castle, etc. I participated in and gave a lot of martial arts.
1582 In the Honnoji Incident that happened in Japan, along with his father, Katahide, he concealed the Nobunaga clan, such as Nobunaga, who was in Azuchi Castle at Hino Castle, and showed a stance against Akechi Mitsuhide.
After that, at the Kiyosu conference, cooperation with Hideyoshi Hashiba And 1583 In the battle of Shizugatake, he helped Hideyoshi take over Hideyoshi by suppressing Kazumasu Takigawa of Kita Ise.
1584 Battle of Komaki Nagakute Then, when Hideyoshi was defeated, he worked brilliantly at the withdrawal hall, and due to his achievements, he was transferred to Ise Matsugashima Castle . have become. Then 1588 In addition, Matsusaka Castle in this area Ise Matsusaka Castle 120,000 stone daimyo have become.
Fostering Omi merchants in Gamo Ujisato
Ujisato was not only active on the battlefield, but also had an excellent sense of economics.
Ujisato, who became a son-in-law from Nobunaga's hostage as a boy, would have seen Nobunaga's policies closer than anyone else. During the time of Hino Castle, Hino prospered greatly with reference to Nobunaga's economic policy.
In his territory, Ujisato said, " Fostering merchants I was focusing on.
A group of merchants who flourished in the Omi area, such as Hino, Takashima, Omihachiman, and Hikone [ Omi merchants ] Is famous. Among them, [ Hino merchant ] Was nurtured by Ujisato.
Gamo Ujisato was moved to 400 places in Ise by Hideyoshi, then changed the place name to [Matsusaka], brought merchants from Hino, and blended well with Ise merchants [Ise]. Matsuzaka Merchant].
Ise Matsusaka later produced famous merchants such as Mitsui, Hasegawa, and Ozu.
It is said that Gamo Ujisato laid the foundation for Norinaga Motoori, who left Ozu's house and became a scholar without going to business. However, he was moved to Aizu Kurokawa Castle in the Tohoku region by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who took over the world.
Aizu Wakamatsu becomes a daimyo of 910,000 stones
Ujisato is said to have been struck by the pillars in the hall of his home and wept because of this treatment.
Since the territory has increased from 120,000 stones to 910,000 stones, it looks like a big career, so I wondered if one of the vassals cried with joy. Is ].
However, Ujisato may have a chance to gain the world if he is near the city even if there are few territories, but no matter how many territories there are, if he is far from the city, he can no longer fulfill his wishes. I can't ], He said with tears.
From these words, it can be seen that Ujisato had the ambition of a Sengoku warrior to take possession of the world if he was blessed with an opportunity.
Ujisato, who moved to Aizuwakamatsu, joined the merchants brought from Hino and Matsusaka with the merchants of Aizu [ Aizu merchants . ]. Among them, Hino merchant is a specialty Hino bowl When the people of Aizu learn the technique, they will learn it [ Aizu lacquer ] Was decided.
Normally, Hino merchants are Hino merchants whether they go to Ise or Aizu and respect the pride they have cultivated, but Ujisato did not do that and asked for assimilation with local merchants. It is.
From the perspective of Hino merchants, [ I moved from Hino together, but Ujisato-sama doesn't care about the place name of his hometown? ] [ I've been in Hino so far, but it's a shame that I've lost to the local merchants to call myself Aizu ] It was inevitable to think.
However, Ujisato solved this by changing the place name of the transfer destination.
When I moved to Ise, I visited 450 lands [ Matsuzaka . ], And called on Hino and 450 merchants to call themselves Matsusaka merchants. If this told the Hino merchants to call themselves the 450 merchants, the resistance would have been great.
Even in Aizu, leave the place name Aizu Kurokawa as it is [ Call yourself a Kurokawa merchant ] Speaking of, it must have been a strong repulsion. So to speak, Matsuzaka is also Aizuwakamatsu Is also a newly established place name. That is why Ujisato tried to change his way of life by putting new things in new vessels.
Ujisato told the merchants in Aizuwakamatsu
[ Reborn as a new merchant with a new place name in Aizuwakamatsu ], I told the merchants. Even the merchants couldn't resist this, that is, even if the location was the same, the signboard was changed, and if the lord told me that this land was new, it would be unavoidable.
Hideyoshi will be wary of him because of his sharp management sense and his ability to capture the hearts of people. However, Gamo Ujisato will die in Kyoto when he turns 40. There is a theory that Ujisato was poisoned by Hideyoshi, who became suspicious when he was aiming for the world from the land of Aizu because of his ability.
Ujisato earned 500,000 to 600,000 stones in Ise Matsuzaka, but with the increase to 1 million stones in Aizu, he told his subordinates [ I'm having a hard time. Also, please self-report your salary on the assumption that it will be about this if you convert the labor so far into money. ] It seems that he told me.
The subordinates were happy to self-report, but the amount was so large that the senior vassals adjusted for the future. This event is the beginning of Japan's first budget system It is also said to be.