Tenkajin ・ Toyotomi Hideyoshi " Shizugatake " Seven Spears One of the seven people who are called Yoshiaki Kato Mr. Miss.
He was also active in the Battle of Sekigahara and later ruled the Aizu clan.
However, by this time he was already old and died just four years after he came to Aizu.
The Kato family is a firstborn Akinari Kato Will be succeeded, but in fact, Akinari is quite a tyrant . That's how it was.
And, confrontation with the elders who have devoted themselves to the Kato family for many years. I will do it.
This time, the incident that happened to the tyrant Akinari of the Kato family and the elder, " Aizu uproar I will introduce about.
It is a big house turmoil that involves the shogunate.
Tyrant, Akinari Kato!
1592 , Was born as the firstborn of Mr. Yoshiaki Kato.
1600 , Father Yoshiaki who made a martial art in the Battle of Sekigahara became the first feudal lord of the Iyo Matsuyama feudal clan (currently Ehime prefecture) 200,000 stones, but he ruled the Aizu feudal clan (currently Fukushima prefecture) Gamo I will replace him with Aizu 400,000 stones.
By the time Yoshiaki entered Aizu, he was already 65 years old . He died four years later.
And the firstborn Akinari-san succeeded the family reign and the second feudal lord of the Aizu clan It will be.
However, this Meisei-san did not look like his father, Yoshiaki-san, for some reason.
Mr. Yoshiaki "A true samurai is a person with a strong sense of responsibility and discipline!" A serious person who says himself. For that reason, there were often disagreements in the war ...
I wasn't too enthusiastic about the transfer to Aizu because of my old age and the regret of Matsuyama, but I agreed because it was the life of the Shogunate.
Perhaps because he grew up looking at his father's earnest devotion, Akinari's plot unmanned is immeasurable.
He preferred to raise the people's annual tribute, regardless of the people's suffering, and collect gold and silver, and rare items just for his own self-interest.
Gold coins circulated in the Edo period " One step gold " "Akinari-san's official name" Shikibu Shosuke It was called "Kato Ipponden".
Such an incident occurs between the tyrant Akinari Kato and his elder.
A person named Hori Shusui, the chief retainer
First of all, Hori main water , " Mondo I read. If you don't know it, you definitely read "shusui".
Originally " Tagai
Later, he will play an active role as a senior vassal under Mr. Yoshiaki Kato.
1615 Toyotomi vs Tokugawa " Siege of Osaka However, Mr. Shimizu is a big success.
The surname is "moat" because of the achievement of teaming up with the enemy and defeating the opponent until he fell into the moat. Mr. Yoshiaki was allowed to change it to. By the way, a simple question. Is this a great feeling at the time?
Mr. Shusui has a personality with a high pride, such as a Sengoku warrior.
There is no reason to match Mr. Akinari Kato, who wondered if he had a little peaceful blurring after the death of Mr. Yoshiaki.
The two are getting more and more out of touch.
At one point, a quarrel between Mr. Meisei's vassal and Mr. Shusui's vassal occurs.
It is Mr. Akinari who judges this dispute.
In that case, it was Mr. Meisei's vassal who was bad from everyone's point of view, but it was Mr. Shusui's vassal who had a fault.
There is a tyrant, Akinari Kato, that kind of judgment.
Mr. Shusui couldn't keep silent, "He's a master who doesn't look like his predecessor, Kameiden!" I will rant.
Mr. Akinari was also angry and dismissed Mr. Shimizu's senior employment.
And the battle between the two will escalate more and more.
The Aizu turmoil has the worst ending!
1639 eight years after Akinari Kato took over the second generation , Hori Shusui leaves Aizuwakamatsu Castle with his younger brother, clan, and 300 vassals.
Just leaving may not have been the worst ending.
However, Mr. Shimizu, a long-standing grudge explodes here.
They fired at the castle, burned down the bridge, broke through the barriers, and left.
Mr. Akinari, who was in Edo due to the change of attendance, was very angry at this!
Immediately, I will send a follower to Mr. Shusui.
Mr. Shimizu called his wife and children Tokeiji in Kamakura. Leave it to Koyasan Run away to.
This Tokeiji Temple is called " Enkiriji Temple And " Enkiri-dera In the Edo period, when it was difficult to divorce from my wife, we held divorce mediation at a temple that put women's happiness first.
Ms. Koya asks for help from Mt. Koya, the Kishu Domain, one of the three Tokugawa families, and finally the Shogunate.
And as the final decision, Tokugawa 3rd Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa Mr.
"I understand what the main water says, but vassals should obey any lord, let alone shoot a gun at the castle and break the barrier!" Then, Mr. Shusui's personality was handed over to Mr. Meisei.
And the turmoil for more than two years ended with the execution of Mr. Shimizu and his two younger brothers.
However, Meisei, who was still angry, sent soldiers to Tokeiji Temple and tried to summon and capture Mr. Shusui's wife and children.
I'm sorry because I broke into a temple, which is also a place for extraterritoriality, and a place where women are valued.
Nominally, Mr. Meisei "I'm sick and can't take politics, and it's not a vessel to rule the Great Clan!" Return Aizu territory to the shogunate I said.
And the Kato family was crushed.
But this is very unnatural, isn't it?
That Meisei-san, who was called a tyrant, could not admit his sins and even lose a great power.
It is said that the power of the shogunate may be involved in the back, and the Aizu clan after this was the younger brother of the third shogun, Iemitsu, Hoshina Masayuki . Will rule.
You can also feel the fact that it became a clan of the official lineage of the shogunate.
Summary
This time, I introduced the house turmoil that occurred in the Aizu clan.
This kind of house turmoil happened in every clan, but it is a famous story because it is a big turmoil involving the shogunate.
After that, the Kato family was spared from being crushed due to the achievements of their predecessor, Yoshiaki, but the seal was greatly reduced from 400,000 stones in Aizu to 10,000 stones in Yoshinaga (currently Shimane Prefecture).
Mr. Akinari did not talk about politics in the Yoshinaga clan, which was governed by his son, and lived quietly for the rest of his life.
The overkill of both Mr. Mainsui and Mr. Meisei has developed into a tumult.
The picture-like " fighting defeat "it might be.