<h1 class="ql-align-center" > "The Revenge of My Brother" and "The Motoroko Incident" and "The Duel Incident of The Keyhouse Tsuji" and called the three major revenge events in Japan. </h1>
First, the revenge of my brother
"The Revenge of My Brother" is one of the three major revenge events in Japanese history. In the second year of Anyuan (1176), four years before the Genrai Dynasty raised an army, a territorial dispute arose between the descendants of the Kudo clan of Izu and the descendants of Kudo, and Kudo Yuki injured his brother Kudo Yukin and killed Kawazu Yutai, the son of Kudo Youkin.
Kawazu Yuta's wife remarried Taro Tsang with two widows, so the two children changed their surnames to Tsang I. When the adults came to adulthood, Yusei Yusei and Yumegoro were determined to avenge their father. Finally, when my two brothers were in the fourth year of Jianjiu (1193), they waited for this opportunity for revenge.
This year, Genrai Dynasty held a hunting tournament in Fuji Sushino, and my brother mixed in and successfully killed his father's enemy, The Artificial Fuji Yukei. That night, my brother Yushiro Washitoshi was killed by Hitata Tadatoshi, and the next day, my younger brother Yume goro was calmly beheaded.
Since then, descendants have planted Merlin here as a memorial, and according to records, there are 35,000 plum trees, known as "Zeng I Merlin".
The process of this event is simple, but the cause is worth exploring. There is a saying that the last black hand of my brother was Hojo Shisei.
This was Hojo Shimasa's plot to take advantage of my brother's revenge and to assassinate Genrai Dynasty. Fujino, the stage of the event, is the jurisdiction of the Suruga Kingdom to guard the Hojo Current Administration. Sagagoro Shizhi and Hojo Shimasa are U hat pro (Uho hat pro is a person who wears a crown for those who are served by the genju during the gen-hat ceremony).
Although Genrai became a shogun, Hojo Shimasa still did not like this son-in-law of Ronin origin. Therefore, he secretly instructed my brother Zeng to assassinate Lai Chao. There is another theory of hojo's current political shady remarks, that is, gen fanrai said.
At that time, there was a delicate antagonistic relationship between the Genrai dynasty and the Genbanrai brothers, and if Genfanrai killed Hojo Shimasa and Genrai, Kamakura's Daito Keiyoshi and Okazaki Yoshishi would echo the rebellion. This argument is based on the fact that soon after the incident, gen Fan Lai's party was quickly purged, and both Ōto-Keiyoshi and Okazaki Yoshishi became monks.
At present, historians are more inclined to Takaichi Nagai's Hojo current political shady theory.
The Muromachi period's tale of the Uzumaki period, The Tale of Tsang I, was written based on the story of the revenge of the two brothers.
Beginning in the Edo period of Japan at the beginning of the 18th century, the theater in Edo Castle was bound to stage kabuki "Satoshi" every first month of the year, a play based on the revenge story of Satoro and Goro, and was one of the repertoire of Noh and Kojo mai in the Middle Ages.
In "Once Upon a Time", My Brother Zeng sympathized with the suffering of the people and fought for righteousness and adultery. Later, It became a folk belief in Japan. In the "Once I Things" staged in the first month, the scene of the confrontation between my brother and the enemy Kudo must be inserted. "ShouZeng I'm Opposite" staged in modern Japan has become a performance ceremony.
2. Genroku Akabane Incident
On March 11, 1701, Emperor Higashiyama sent two envoys and envoys from Kyoto to Edo, and the fifth shogun of the shogunate, Tokugawa Tsuyoshi, in order to welcome and entertain the envoys sent by the emperor, specially ordered as the lord of Ako Region, Asano Nagamasa, to serve as a "Royal Attendant" (receptionist).
However, asano, the "head of the Uchiha", was not familiar with the rituals and ceremonies of the shogunate, so he ordered Kira Uenosuke, the chief of the "Takato family" who understood the etiquette of the imperial court, to assist him so as not to be disrespectful. Kira has always looked down on Asano, and instead of helping, he makes Asano ugly, and ridicules Asano for not knowing the general body.
When the emissaries arrived, Asano was full of ugliness, making jokes, sexually angry, and angry. Asano knew that Kira had deliberately made him make a mistake in front of the public, and on the last day of the ceremony, when he met Kira in the cloister-style Matsuno Corridor, Asano pulled out his sword and slashed at Kira Uenosuke, and immediately the blood flowed all over the ground, but it did not hurt the point, Kira was only stabbed in the forehead, Shinagawa Honmae saw it, and drove forward to quickly remove Asano's knife, and asked Toyama Shimasa to help Kira away and save him.
When the shogun Tsunayoshi heard that Asano had committed a crime in the main hall, he was furious, believing that Asano was bold and guilty of the most heinous crime, and immediately ordered Asano to cut off his abdomen on the same day, and confiscated the territory and the domain.
The general said a word, and the four seats were amazed. "When the great old man Masatoshi Horida assassinated Wakana Masatoshi in honmaru Imperial Household seventeen years ago, the same incident of knife wounds was also punished.
At present, the head of the order, Asano Nagamasa, cut his abdomen on the same day, which is too severe, but please interpret the decision. At the same time, Yanagisawa Yasuaki, who was also nearby, said: "The general's order cannot be easily changed." There is nothing wrong with the decision of the rulers. ”
Finally, the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi insisted that the "head of the Uchiha" Asano Nagamasa cut his abdomen, and ordered that the main lord of Sakura Castle, Toda Nobori, be responsible for receiving the envoys and the secretaries of state, and the reception venue was also moved from the White Academy to the Black Academy.
Afterwards, Asano Nagamasa was handed over to the "Sakyo Daifu" Tamura, who ordered the abdomen to be cut off, and at the same time, Asano's 53,000-stone collar and the mansion where he lived were all confiscated, and Yoshida Uenosuke was found not guilty. Tamura ordered Asano to cut his abdomen immediately after eating, and he was not allowed to write letters to his family.
On the same day, Asano changed into a white outfit, sat down and cut his abdomen with his own short knife, "wrong service" Isoda Taketa raised his knife to behead, Asano Nagamasa fell to the ground, when he Chinese New Year's Eve was five years old, the remains were carried by his brother Asano University to Izumi-ji Temple for funeral burial.
Twenty days later, the news reached the Asano family in Hiroshima by Flying Foot. When the elder ishikageno heard of the fierce change in Edo Castle, he ordered all the more than 200 courtiers in the domain to enter the castle and discuss countermeasures. He was not only dissatisfied with such a verdict, but also very resentful.
Nevertheless, he received a letter from Asano University advising him not to act rashly. Therefore, Oishi, under the discussion of all the courtiers, did not take the form of cage castle resistance, nor did he take the practice of pleading with the shogunate to re-establish the Asano family, but decided to donate the castle without blood, and let the shogunate send a new city lord to receive Ako.
The lord of the neighboring castle, Wawansaka Awaji Mori and Kinoshita Hiroshita, arrived at Ako and immediately ordered the Asano clan's vassals to disband within thirty days. At that time, there were about 300 courtiers of the Ako Asano family, and since then they have scattered to various places and become ronin without occupations.
Oishi Uchizosuke demanded that his courtiers who lived and died with him make a vow of revenge. At that time, there were ninety-seven courtiers who proposed the "Divine Oath", accounting for about one-third of all the courtiers, and they all wanted to avenge their masters.
Oishi ordered everyone to go to various places to survive, waiting for the time to come, listen to orders, and act on the spot. Among them, Sugino opens noodle restaurants, Katsuda sells vegetables, Fusen opens small shops, Okano opens rice shops, isobe opens hotels, and hides his identity with various industries.
The forty-three-year-old Oishi Uchizosuke, the chief of the Asano family and possessing 1,500 stones, was self-respecting, divorced from his wife and son, and ran alone to Gion in Kyoto to find geisha to travel.
In doing so, he deliberately made the enemy think that he had fallen. Because the Kira family pays the most attention to Oishi's actions, they know that he will definitely come to take revenge. Therefore, Oishi's debauchery made the Kira family feel much relieved.
In the fifteenth year of Motoroku (1703), at the end of the following year when Asano cut his belly, Oishi entered Edo Castle and first lived in the village of Hirama, where Oishi issued ten instructions calling on the former ministers of the Asano family scattered in Nihonbashi, Koji Town, Fukagawa, and Ryogoku to gather every few days, centered on the small mountain house where he lived. Of the ninety-seven courtiers who made the "oath" at that time, the remaining forty-seven swore to die without changing their original intentions, and still wanted to avenge their masters.
Arriving in Edo, Ako Roshi was the youngest of Oishi's son, Ōishi Ryokin, and the oldest was Mitsunobu Maji, who took his three sons with him to take part in revenge. On the fifteenth day of December, Ako Ryūshi gathered at the Yasube Yasube family in Hayashimachi and agreed to enter the Kira house before noon.
Commanded by Oishi Uchizosuke, several assault squads surrounded Kira's mansion from the gate and back door. The Kira Mansion covers an area of 2,500 pyeong, and in order to find out where Kira Uenosuke is, forty-seven Ako Ronin separately searched for half a day. In the end, Kira hides in the coal hut and is discovered by Mitsuyuki, who takes down his head on the spot and successfully avenges his lord Asano Nagamasa.
When the work was completed, forty-seven Ako Ronin held kira's first rank and marched to Izumi-ji Temple and offered the first rank to Asano's grave. Then, forty-seven men tied their hands and asked the shogunate to send people to detain and listen to the verdict, and after a few months of detention, yuanlu sixteen years later, the shogunate ordered that the Ako Langshi who were involved in the revenge should be collectively cut off. Forty-seven Ako Ronin, except for Terasaka Right Guard Gate, all of whom survived by caesarean section, died by caesarean section. In the winter, snowflakes fell in front of the graves, and the heroes who avenged the martyrdom of their masters were praised through the ages.
3. The duel incident of the key house no Tsuji
On July 11, 1630, the minor surname of Watanabe Gentako, the favorite of tadao Ikeda, the lord of okayama Domain, refused the courtship of the clan lord Kawai Andoro, who killed Watanabe Gentao in anger and then defected to Masato Ando, the banner of Edo.
Kikimoto was a samurai of less than 10,000 stones during the Edo shogunate period, and their courtiers appeared at the ceremony of the shogun's appearance, they were direct subordinates of the Tokugawa Army, and they had their own army, even if the salaries were only 100 stones, they were considered to be flag books.
The daimyōs were daimyōs who were forced to submit to the Battle of Sekigahara, and some of them had strong powers, such as the Maeda Toshiya domain of kaga Domain, the domain of Shimazu Tadamoto of Satsuma Domain, and the domain of Date Masamune of Sendai Domain, all three of which were daimyōs of the outer domain and the most territorial princes in the country, but did not have the power to be pro-domain or lineage daimyō, and were often monitored by the shogunate.
In addition, the territory of the foreign daimyo was mostly in the remote outside, and it was easiest to combine with foreign forces during the period of lockdown, becoming the main driving force behind the fall.
Tadao Ikeda demanded that the Edo shogunate extradite Kawai Nagorō, and Ando's Right Guard Gate (Masato Ando) gathered a group of kikimoto to refuse this request, which eventually developed into a confrontation between the daimyō and the kimoto.
In the 9th year of Kanei (1632), Tadao Ikeda died suddenly of smallpox. Dying, he was left with the will to kill Kawai and Goro to avenge him. His son Mitsusaka Ikeda succeeded to the throne, and the Ikeda family was moved to Tottori in inmanuate. (Itaba( いなば ) (Itaba): One of the ancient Japanese imperial kingdoms, yamanagin, also known as Inzō.) The stone height is about 89,000 stones (keicho period). The territory of inwaki was roughly to the eastern part of present-day Tottori Prefecture. In ancient times, it was called Inaba (稻叶国), and was renamed Inaba after The Great Deal was renamed. In Meiji 4, the prefecture was abolished and merged into Tottori Prefecture. ）
The shogunate intended to deal with the incident on the basis of the principle of the two successes and failures of the clamor, leaving Kishimoto to think behind closed doors and expelling Kawai Andoro from Edo. However, Watanabe's brother Watanabe Shuma still intends to take revenge. The custom of the Warring States period was generally that the younger brother was the elder brother, the descendants were the father, the subordinates were the lords, and the brothers avenged their younger brothers, which also had the meaning of following the last words of the lord Ikeda Tadao. Therefore, Watanabe Did not obey the order to move the country, but chose to break away from the domain in order to take revenge.
Watanabe Shuma, who is not skilled in swordsmanship, finds his brother-in-law, who is the instructor of the Gunzan Clan's sword skills--- Araki and Right Guard Gate as a helper.
Araki was a high disciple of Yanagi Munjo (the father of Yanagi Munjo was the "Sword Lord" Yanagi Munyo, who was the proud protégé of the "Sword Sage" Kamizumi Nobutsune, and at the same time, Kamizumi Nobutsu, Yanagi Munemasa, and Miyamoto Musashi were regarded as the three masters of Japanese kendo), and served as the swordsmanship teacher of the Matsudaira clan of Yamato-gun Castle.
Watanabe Shuma and Araki looked around for Kawai Andoro's whereabouts, and in November 1634, he finally found the hidden Kawai Nagoro at the residence of the old County Yama domain in Nara. At this time, Kawai Also sensed danger and planned to flee to Edo again.
Watanabe Shuma and Araki Yuemon found out the news that Kawai Andoro was preparing to go to Edo via Iga Road, and waited in ambush at the key house Tsuji, which was necessary. In addition to himself, Kawai Andoro's party also had Kawai's uncle --- Motogun Yama domain to guide Kawai's left guard, and his brother-in-law --- master of the gun, Sakurai Hanbei, and others, a total of eleven people. In terms of the ambushed Watanabe shuma, only Watanabe shuma, Araki and Araki's disciples Iwamoto Sun right guard gate, Kawai Takei gate four people.
On the morning of November 7, Kawai Reached Kenya Tsujiji without knowing the situation and was immediately ambushed by Watanabe Shuma, Araki and Others. IwamotoSun Right Guard Gate and Kawai Taketake Right Guard Gate first attacked Sakurai Hanbei and the gunmen on horseback, in order to prevent the half-guard from getting the gun.
Araki and right guard also slashed at the foot of the horse-riding Kawai Left Guard gate and cut him to death after falling off his horse. However, Kawai Takeshi was also killed by the other side. At this time, the two masters of Kawai's side, Kawai Andoro, Kawai Andezumon and Sakurai Hanbei, were killed, and the rest of the people had no intention of continuing to fight, and suddenly the birds and beasts scattered. Kawai, who had no time to escape, was surrounded by Watanabe Shuma and Araki Andaemon.
It was Watanabe's mission to overthrow Kawai Nobugoro, but neither of them was very skilled, and the two beheaded each other for five hours, and in the end, Watanabe Shuma finally injured Kawai Nobugoro, so Araki and Right Guard Gate on the side finally assassinated Kawai Nobugoro.
Folklore says that Araki killed thirty-six people ("thirty-six men beheaded") on the right guard gate, in fact there were four people on araki's side, one died and three were wounded, while eleven people on the River He's side, four people died, two were wounded, and five fled. Araki and the right guard gate only killed two people, and the saying "thirty-six people beheaded" exaggerated the number of people.
The lord of the Decisive Battle Land, the Lord of Tsu Domain, Fujido Clan, provided Watanabe Shuma with information on Kawai Andoro and his party, and sent soldiers to block the roads around the Decisive Battle Land to prevent Kawai Andoro from escaping. Because the Fujido family was also a Wai Murrayō Daimyo, in this conflict between the Wai Tsuki Daimyo and the Kikimoto, they naturally sided with the Wai Tsuki Daimyo.
Watanabe Shuma and Araki Yuemon, who had fulfilled their long-cherished wishes, attracted the attention of the world. In particular, araki, the key figure who actually led the revenge, was unanimously praised. Watanabe Shuma, Araki and Right Guard Gate, and Iwamoto Sun Right Guard Gate were all imprisoned in the Fujido family of Iga Ueno for the next four years, during which a dispute arose over whether Araki and Right Gate were led by the Tottori Domain or by the old lord Gunzan Domain. In the end, Araki and right guard gate and all three others were led away by the Tottori clan.
On August 13, 1638, the three araki and right guards arrived at Tottori, and only seventeen days later, the Tottori clan announced the death of Araki and right guards. Because Araki and right guard gate died very suddenly, there are many speculations about being poisoned and hiding. Personally, I think that the Tottori Ikeda family had no choice but to release the news of Araki's death to the outside world in order to appease The Hatred of Kimoto, and actually hid Araki and Right Gate.