Aizu War at the end of the Edo period So, the Aizu clan, who has been loyal to the Edo Shogunate, is destined to be abolished after being defeated by the new government army.
The Battle of Aizu is " Aizu's tragedy It is also famous for dramas and novels.
This time, we will talk about Aizu in the Edo period after the Battle of Sekigahara . I will introduce the people who ruled in the spotlight.
The Uesugi family lost the battle of Sekigahara!
1600 270 years before the Battle of Aizu , Battle of Sekigahara The ruler of Aizu changed depending on the victory or defeat.
Tenkajin ・ Toyotomi Hideyoshi When he died, "Lesser cuckoo waits until it crows" Ieyasu Tokugawa Starts crying when Mr. is waiting.
At that time, the 1.2 million stone Uesugi family ruled Aizu. .. Kenshin Uesugi It's your family.
And the Uesugi family "love" Kanetsugu Naoe famous for his helmet Mr. is.
Western Army Mitsunari Ishida The Uesugi family who was on the side of Mr.
Letter sent by Kanetsugu to Ieyasu "Naoe" Ieyasu is angry with me.
The Uesugi family, who became the loser in the Battle of Sekigahara, confiscated Aizu 1.2 million stones , Dewa Yonezawa (currently Yamagata Prefecture) will be reduced to 300,000 stones ..
The Gamo family returns to Aizu.
Have you been transferred to Utsunomiya once due to a house turmoil?
Next to the Uesugi family, Aizu was ruled by Gamo Hideyuki . A person named Mr.
Actually, I once ruled Aizu before this Gamo family, Uesugi family ..
Hideyuki's father, Gamo Ujisato It is a person named Mr.
Mr. Ujisato is Nobunaga Oda A person who has a lot of trust from Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi , such as welcoming his daughter to the regular room. was.
However, when Mr. Ujisato passed away and his child, Hideyuki, took over, the vassals could not be well organized and developed into a house turmoil, which led to the transfer to Utsunomiya. ..
This uproar is a conspiracy of Hideyoshi and Mitsunari Ishida. There is a theory that it was, but ...
In Sekigahara, go to the East Army side and then to Aizu again!
Hideyuki Gamo is Seishitsu is the daughter of Ieyasu Tokugawa And, partly because it was moved to Utsunomiya in the past, it was a eastern army that was hostile to Mitsunari Ishida in the Battle of Sekigahara.
As Ieyasu's son-in-law, I will enter Aizu again with 600,000 stones ..
This reward was quite high for military commanders who belonged to the East Army.
However, once again, a house turmoil will occur inside the Gamo family.
Hideyuki died at the young age of 30, perhaps because of that.
After that, his eldest son took over, but his eldest son also died at the age of 25. It's a sad family.
Elderly Yoshiaki Kato is in Aizu!
1627 , A military commander who changed from the Gamo family to Iyo Matsuyama (currently Ehime Prefecture) and made a name for himself under Toyotomi Hideyoshi " Shizugatake " Seven Spears of Shizuka " Yoshiaki Kato Entered Aizu.
It was a move that doubled the territory, but already 65 years old It seems that he was not very happy to go from the warm Setouchi to the cold Aizu.
And he will die four years later.
Yoshiaki's child, Meisei He takes over, but due to his temperament, he confronts the elder who has been with him since his father's generation.
When the elder left the castle with his clan, it was fierce, firing at the castle and burning the bridge.
Furious at this, Meisei brought back his elder and executed him. This is "Aizu uproar" It is called.
Because of this, Mr. Meisei returned Aizu to the Shogunate and the Kato family was crushed, but in consideration of his father, Kamei's loyalty to the Shogunate, he allowed his child to approve the revival of the Kato family. rice field.
The Kato family became a family that survived until the end of the Edo period.
The birth of the Aizu Matsudaira family!
Masayuki Hoshina, the bloodline of the Shogun family!
Next to the Kato family, Aizu was ruled by Hoshina Masayuki . A person named Mr.
Actually, this person, what should I hide? Ieyasu Tokugawa's grandson who founded the Edo Shogunate , 2nd Shogun Hidetada 4 guys , And 3rd Shogun Iemitsu And his brother That's the relationship.
It feels like the bloodline of Tokugawa has finally appeared.
Masayuki is not a child of Hidetada's regular room or concubine, but maid ) who takes care of chores and personal belongings. Child Therefore, it is said that the birth was known only to a few of Hidetada's aides.
Hidetada's wife is the third daughter of the three Azai sisters Jiang It is famous for the woman who was jealous of her.
Hidetada was so afraid of Mr. E that he never met Mr. Masayuki, the lord of the Takato feudal lord (currently Nagano Prefecture), Hoshina Masamitsu He said he was adopted under Mr. This kind of relationship has existed since the Edo period.
Later, when Iemitsu, the third shogun, was told that he had a younger brother, he said he loved his serious and talented younger brother.
Mr. Masayuki was the lord of the Takato clan 30,000 stones, five years later the Dewa Yamagata clan 200,000 stones, and seven years later the Aizu clan 230,000 stones.
When Mr. Iemitsu died, he called in Mr. Masayuki and "Ask for the Tokugawa family!" I will leave it.
Masayuki, who was impressed by this, said "The Aizu clan should protect the shogunate" Aizu family training Was decided.
This family lesson is "Tragedy of Aizu" at the end of the Edo period It is no exaggeration to say that it was born.
The 9th feudal lord, Matsudaira Katamori and the Boshin War!
When Masayuki dies, his children will take over him.
3rd generation At that time, the family crest of the Tokugawa family " Aoi crest " from the shogunate Use and "Matsudaira" You are allowed to call yourself.
Actually, these uses were allowed from the time of the first Masayuki, but I declined them because of the Hoshina clan's favor.
6th generation Died at the young age of 28, and the child will take over at the young age of four.
Elder who was afraid that the Aizu Matsudaira family would be cut off Tanaka Harunaka Mr. Matsudaira Yoshikazu was adopted by the Takasu Domain (currently Gifu Prefecture) from the Mito Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa Gosanke family. I received my 3 sons. The relationship is complicated, but you had to adopt a child to protect your house.
Sure enough, the 7th generation died at the age of 20, and the bloodline of the first generation Masayuki was cut off here, but the Aizu Matsudaira family escaped the disconnection.
And the 8th generation was not blessed with succession, and his brother's child Katamori Was adopted.
This 9th generation, Matsudaira Katamori, " Kyoto Shugoshoku " at the end of the Edo period. To protect the security of Kyoto by leading the famous Shinsengumi, and even if the Edo Shogunate disappears, Aizu family training He is the one who keeps fighting against the new government army.
Will the Aizu clan disappear due to the defeat?
Aizu clan confiscated territory after losing to the new government army in the Boshin War It has been done.
However, six months after the defeat, Katamori's child was born, and the child was allowed to continue his family name. Tonan Clan (Currently Aomori Prefecture) was established.
Abolition of the domain The domain is abolished in the prefecture!
Meiji 4 Abolition of the Clan The clan will be abolished and changed to prefectures and prefectures.
The Aizu region also became Wakamatsu prefecture, and Meiji 9 Fukushima Prefecture, Iwanmae Due to the merger of prefectures and Wakamatsu prefectures, Aizu, which has continued for a long time, has become Fukushima prefecture.
By the way, at the beginning of the abolition of the feudal clan, there were 72 prefectures in 3 prefectures.
Summary
This time, I introduced the Aizu clan.
In the Battle of Sekigahara, the warlords who were close to Tokugawa entered the seal, and Masayuki Hoshina became the complete lineage of Ieyasu Tokugawa.
It is said that the Aizu clan became larger than the Mito clan, which is the Tokugawa Gosanke family.
However, when the connection between the Shogunate and the Aizu clan became stronger, the Edo Shogunate disappeared due to the Taisei Hokan, and the spearhead of the new government army after the bloodless opening of Edo Castle in the Boshin War was directed to the Aizu clan. It was.
In the Aizu War, which resisted to protect Tokugawa until the end, even boy soldiers and women participated in the battle.
It was a clan that had been devoted to the Tokugawa family until the end.
It is a mirror of a samurai.