Early 19th century peacekeepers

http://www.lib.isics.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ono/0363011.jpg

Still decoding it, but from what I can tell:

-This is from the early 19th century and denotes major clans with special
assignments in the country.

-The Yamanouchi of Tosa (listed under their honorary Matsudaira surname on
the top row) were in Osaka, which makes a lot of stuff about the Bakumatsu
make a lot more sense. They were at Tennozan in Osaka--
http://www.rekishikaido.gr.jp/time-trip/gengo/eng/tennozan.htm. Important
site in the Sengoku for the Battle of Yamazaki (hmm...), was still a
strategic site in the Edo Period.

- Matsudaira of Aizu are listed with the Sakai as being based at Ezo
Matsumae (Hokkaido), defending against the Russians. Another Matsudaira had
east Ezo, and Satake Ukyo-dayuu had west Ezo.

-There were 11-- count 'em-- ELEVEN clans in Kyoto.

Shiba Gorou's "Remembering Aizu" puts this at 1806 earliest. I think that
was around the time of Oshio Heihachirou's rice riots in Osaka-- hence
people like Yamanouchi in Osaka and 11 clans in Kyoto. Remember, the Oshio
rice riots are the precursors for the Ee Ja Nai Ka craze of 1868...

Will update as I decipher more.

--M.

http://miyakoweb.at.infoseek.co.jp/torist2/tobafushimisen.htm

Very top has a drawing of 200 Aizu men on the way to battle at Toba Fushimi.

Later on there are pictures of Hijikata, Yoshinobu, Katamori,
etc...Shinsengumi's 1867/12 HQ of the Fushimi Bugyosho (which is HUGE), and
so on. And the calligraphy is "Makoto" Yoshinobu's own handwriting.

--M.

Hirotada Tokugawa <patriot014@...> wrote:

>>Shiba Gorou's "Remembering Aizu" puts this at 1806 earliest. I think that was around the time of Oshio Heihachirou's rice riots in Osaka-- hence people like Yamanouchi in Osaka and 11 clans in Kyoto. Remember, the Oshio rice riots are the precursors for the Ee Ja Nai Ka craze of 1868...<<

Oshio's riots in Osaka were in 1837.

phil



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