江戸時代以降の長州藩 毛利家　260年間抱き続けた徳川への恨み

Following the Battle of Sekigahara, the Mori clan was reduced from the position of governor of eight provinces in the Chugoku region to being the feudal lord of only two provinces: Bungo and Choshu. During the Siege of Osaka, they secretly colluded with the Toyotomi side and refused to enter Edo Castle, and the Mori clan maintained their anti-Tokugawa stance even into the Edo period. Eventually, the Mori clan's rebellious spirit was transformed into energy for revering the emperor, expelling the barbarians, and overthrowing the shogunate, becoming the driving force behind the Meiji Restoration. In this article, we will look at the path the Mori clan's Choshu domain took throughout the Edo period, and what became of the Mori family after the Meiji period. Why was the Choshu domain, which had always been devoted to revering the emperor and expelling the barbarians, able to change its stance to overthrowing the shogunate and achieve the Meiji Restoration, unlike the Mito domain? "Biographies of the Powerful Domains of the Late Edo Period" (Kadokawa Shinsho) https://amzn.to/3v1COrt "The 300 Domains of Edo: Their Lives After the Lords" (Asahi Shinsho) https://amzn.to/3H7jBqp #JapaneseHistory #History