At the beginning of Meiji period, although opposition uprisings broke out throughout Japan after the Kaiho Rei (Emancipation Edict) was put into effect, on the contrary there were few opposition uprisings in the territory of old Choshu Domain. |
明治に入り解放令が出されると日本全国で解放令反対一揆が発生したが、旧長州藩内では解放令反対一揆はほとんど起こらなかった。 |