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Menashi–Kunashir rebellion

1789 · 18th century

The Menashi–Kunashir rebellion was an uprising of the Ainu of Kunashir Island and the Menashi district of eastern Hokkaido in 1789. Provoked by harsh treatment from Japanese merchants running fisheries under the Matsumae domain, the Ainu killed about seventy Japanese. Matsumae forces suppressed it and executed thirty-seven Ainu, and the shogunate then took a closer interest in Ezo.

Menashi–Kunashir rebellion
Image: Kakizaki Hakyo (1764-1826) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Matsumae Domain

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Menashi–Kunashir rebellion. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/menashi-kunashir-rebellion
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