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Seppuku occurred in 1177 by Minamoto Tametomo. [8] Minamoto fought in the Hōgen war; after being defeated, he was exiled to Ōshima, [8] later deciding to try to take over the island. Due to this, Minamoto's enemies sent troops to suppress his rebellion. [8] As he was on the losing end, he committed seppuku in 1177. [8]
Exclusion from the location of the crime was a penalty for both commoners and samurai. Tokoro-barai, banishment to a certain distance, was common for non-samurai. [citation needed] Kōfu kinban, assignment to the post of Kōfu in the mountains west of Edo, is an example of rustication of samurai. [citation needed]
However, it is a misconception that most of the Shinsengumi members were from non-samurai classes. Out of 106 Shinsengumi members (among a total of 302 members at the time), there were 87 samurai, eight farmers, three merchants, three medical doctors, three priests, and two craftsmen. Several of the leaders, such as Sannan, Okita, Saitō ...
The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士, Shijūshichishi), [2] also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their former master on 31 January 1703. [3]
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was a historical battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.
Nitta Yoshisada. Nitta Yoshisada (新田 義貞, 1301 – August 17, 1338) also known as Minamoto no Yoshisada was a samurai lord of the Nanboku-chō period Japan. He was the head of the Nitta clan in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period.
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The government had just dealt with several small but violent samurai revolts in Kyūshū, and they found the prospect of rebellion by the numerous and fierce Satsuma samurai, led by the famous and popular Saigō, an alarming one. In December 1876, the Meiji government sent a police officer named Nakahara Hisao and 57 other men to investigate ...