実家の一部であるこの小さな畳の部屋は、吉田松陰（1830-1859）が江戸（東京）伝馬町牢屋敷と野山獄に投獄された後、1855年12月に幽閉された場所である。彼は1854年に日本に開港を迫っていたアメリカのペリー提督の「黒船」に乗船しようとした罪に問われた。徳川幕府の厳格な鎖国政策は海外渡航を禁じており、松陰の試みは自宅軟禁で罰せられることとなった。活動の場が一つの部屋に限定されたのにもかかわらず、松陰は読書と執筆をやめず、元の門下生に促され、再び講義を始めた。彼の人気は高まり、毛利家の寛大さにより、実家への出入りの自由が許された。彼の講義はその小さな小屋で続けられ、そこが松下村塾の新しい場所になったのである。
Title Site of Yoshida Shoin’s House Arrest
- Yamaguchi
- Topic(s)：
- Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2018
- Associated Tourism Board：
- hagi･gaikokunokataniwakariyasuikaisetsubunseibisuishinkyogikai
- Associated Address：
- 1537 Chinto, Hagi-shi , Yamaguchi
English
This small tatami room in his family’s home is where Yoshida Shoin (1830–1859) was placed under house arrest in December of 1855 after his imprisonment in both the Edo (Tokyo) Tenmacho Prison and Noyama Prison in Hagi. He was charged with attempting to stow away on one of the “black ships” that American Commodore Matthew Perry used to force open Japan’s ports in 1854. The Tokugawa shogunate’s strict isolationist policies forbade any travel abroad, and Shoin’s attempt was punished with house arrest.
Despite being confined to a single room Shoin did not stop reading and writing, and at the urging of his former students he resumed lecturing. His popularity grew, and due to the leniency of the Mori clan he was allowed to move around on his family’s land. His lectures continued in a small shack on the property, which became the new location of the Shokasonjuku Academy.
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