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Revision as of 09:32, 8 November 2006
The Keian uprising (慶安事件, Keian Jiken) was a military action by ronin against the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. In 1651, the military strategist Yui Shosetsu gathered a band of ronin. According to his plan, Marubashi Chuya would take Edo castle, the headquarters of the shogunate. At the same time, Shosetsu would lead a second group and seize the Tokugawa stronghold in Sumpu. Further action was planned for Osaka castle. They chose to take advantage the impending death of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu as the occasion, since the new shogun Ietsuna was still a child.
The conspirators aimed to force the shogunate to relax its policies of seizing han and dispossessing daimyo, which under Iemitsu had deprived tens of thousands of samurai of position and income, adding them to the ranks of ronin.
The uprising failed. Shosetsu committed seppuku and Maruhashi was captured and executed.
The rebellion is named after the Keian era.