[The background of Taki Motoyasu's fall: regarding the circumstances of the nationalization of the Igakkan].
In 1803, Taki Motoyasu was dismissed from his position as "Oku ishi" and demoted to the ranks of the "Yoriai ishi". Scholars heretofore have theorized on the various reasons for Taki's fall, but they have yet to fully examine the incident in detail. The present revisionist account places Taki's fall in the context of competition and in-fighting between Motoyasu and Sugiura Gentoku over the position of "Oku ishi". Eventually, Motoyasu lost his standing in the bakufu, due to Sugiura's machinations. Furthermore, it is clear that Taki's fall is one part of the larger story of the in-fighting between Taki Motoyasu (with Taki Motonori) and Sugiura Gentoku (with Yoshida Kaian). In the end, Sugiura's political maneuvers convinced the bakufu to dispose of Motoyasu and nationalize the management and administration of the Igakkan.
D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007564:Japan; D008511:Medicine; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*