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His family had been the head of his native village for generations.
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Kasuke NAKAGAYA
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He was an industrious farmer who liked learning. Tadanao Mizuno, the lord of his native district, exacted severe tithes from the peasants. Crop failures and epidemics in 1683-86 added to their plight. Kasuke, as head of a delegation of the inhabitants, made an appeal to the lord’s government. Prior to that, Kasuke had divorced his wife in fear that trouble might extend to her. His appeal touched off a riot in the area. The clan officials, fearing that it might become known by the Shogunate, pacified them with promises of better treatment. After the riot had subsided, clan officials arrested Kasuke and other representatives and crucified or beheaded them. The peasants' demands, however, were finally heeded by the lord and his administration improve.
