oshio

Updated: May 2, 2025

On one occasion, at Osaka, in 1839, a rebellion broke out which was believed, though without evidence, to have been instigated in some way by men with Christian ideas, and was certainly led by Oshio, the bitter opponent of Buddhism, of Tokugawa, and of the prevalent Confucianism. Possibly, the uprising was aided by refugees from Korea.

William Elliot Griffis - The Religions of Japan: From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji

Driven to desperation by the sight of the people's pain and by his own failure to obtain from wealthy folks a sufficient measure of aid, although he sold everything he himself possessed by way of example, a police official, Oshio Heihachiro, raised the flag of revolt and became the instrument of starting a tumult in which eighteen thousand buildings were destroyed in Osaka.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era