Incident of the Fourty Seven Rounin Flashcards
What are the years of Genroku Era?
1650-1715
What was the incident of the fourty-seven rounin?
The incident occured on January 31st, 1703. 47 rounin attached Lord Kira Yoshinaka to avenge their lord, Asano Naganori.
Who were the major figures in the incident of the fourty seven rounin?
Lord Kira Yoshinaka: 1641-1703
Master of Court Ceremony
Lord Asano Naganori: 1665-1701
Lord of the Akou domain.
Kajikawa Yosobe
He was a witness to the events that initiated the fourty-seven rounen incident. He stated that the events took place in the Pine Hall and saw Asano attacking Kira. Stated that Asano failed to kill Kira and that he wanted face punishment.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa at the time of the fourty-seven rounin incident
Inaba Masayasu
1684-related incident preceeding the fourty-seven rounin events. Lord Inaba illed a senior elder named Hotta Masatoshi in the Shogun’s personal quarters. This incident lead to further development of an inner court as the shogun’s court became less accesible.
Hotta Masatoshi
1684-1684-related incident preceeding the fourty-seven rounin events. Lord Inaba killed a senior elder named Hotta Masatoshi in the Shogun’s personal quarters. This incident lead to further development of an inner court as the shogun’s court became less accessible.
1684
The incident in which Inaba Masayasu killed Hotto Masatoshi in the shogun’s personal quarters. This incident lead to the development of the shogun’s innder court, causing the shogun to become less accessible
1651
Ietsuna succeeds at the age of 10 the shogunate after his father Iemitsu does. He held the title until his death in 1680
Ietsuna Tokugawa
The fourth shogun. Defined by Totman having a seemingly tranquil rule hiding suspicion and fear among the Tokugawa leaders.
How was tranquility exemplified in the domestic and foreign relations?
Domestic Relation: Stabilized relations between the bafuku and the daimyo. Daimyo accustomed to the sankin koutai and the restrictions imposed on them by the shogun.
Foreign Relations: Involvement from abroad ceased in the 1630s after a Portuguese incident in 1642-43 when two missionaries tried to infiltrate and then were executed.
Meireki Fire
A fire that ravaged Edo in 1657. This killed thousands of people, destroyed part of the castle, destroyed documents, and interrupt the admin and political processes.
Architecture: loss of magnificent architecture that was never regained after the fire.
What was the unprecedented dilemma in 1651?
Ietsuna was the first child shogun and never truly grew into a strong shogun as the past three to command obedience from officials and daimyo.
He relied on a group of senior officials and advisors who never had clearly defined superior position and struggled to keep the state afloat.
What resulted from the “collective nervousness” of Ietsuna’s advisors and officials?
Strict control over ideology/control of ideas, emphasis on the suppression of “feared alternatives.”
Suppression of ronin and Christian communities
Enforced registration at local temples and shrines.
Buddhism under attack
Shintoism being managed and discipline of intellectuals
What were the ronin problems of 1650s?
Ronin problem stemming from Edo policy or attaining and transferring daimyo reducing armies and causing thousands military men to enter civilian economy.
Plot of rebellion: organized in 1651 by Yui Shosetsu.
Yui Shosetsu
A military arts teacher that organized a rebellion plot against the government in 1651-2
How did the Edo officials try to manage the rounin problem?
Employment of samurai as city administrators and patrol.
Kumazawa Banzan
Scholarly advisor to Mitsumasa of Okayama.
Implicated by the followers of Yui Shosetsu as their ideological leader.
32 years old in 1651 and a popular teacher advocating Confucian teachings of Oyomei (Wang Yang-ming)
Rival of Hayashi Razan (advocate of Neo-Confucianism/Shusigaku/Ch’eng.)
Move to Kyoto in 1657-gained popularity from nobility but later charged with Christianity taints.
What happened between Razan, Banzan, and Yui Shosetsu.
Razan heard that Yui might be connected to Banzan. Used the opportunity to attack Bazan and Oyomei thought.
Bazan perhaps caused Mitsumasa to change his support from Oyomei to Neo Confucianism. Lead to further stress and later retirement of Bazan in 1657 in Kyoyo.
How were Christians handled by the Bafuku during the 1660s and 1670s?
In the 1640s under Iemitsu, the establishment of a board of examiners (shumon aratame) to ensure proper control over family registrars. 1664-have daimyo control the family registrars.
What happened to Hokke Buddhism?
It was politically suppressed, particularly the fujufuse sect.
How was Shinto used in during the Iestuna rule?
Promotion of Shinto as taught Yoshida Shinto of its interpretation of Kojiki and the history of imperial line.
1665-the bakafu decreed that only Yoshida Shinto certified teachers could operate shrines
This was later combed with a movie toward suppressing Buddhism and training more Yoshida Shinto priests
Yamazaki Ansai
A year older than Banzan
Advocate of Ch’eng Chu (Neo Confucianism)
Serviced Hoshina Masayuki in 1665, influencing policy
Taking up Razan after his death in 1657
Yamaga Soko
Victim of ideological crack down
Four years Yamazaki Ansai’s junior
Former mentor of Razan but also competitor
Advocated for reading the original texts of Confucianism and thought book learning and quiet-sitting impractical for samurai (attach on Ch’eng-chu)
Later exiled to Osaka for his harsh criticism.
Would you group Soko and Banzan together ideologically?
There were both attached by academic empire builders. They seemed to pose a threat in that bakufu (who wanted to endorse domesticated samurai) in that they scholars celebrated the samurai. Bu over the Bun. (Seemed to be encouraging the rounin).
Sakai Tadakiyo
A fudai lord: controlled the senior council and bakufu policy until Iestuna’s death.
