Gujō

Gujō lies in the wooded mountains of northern Mino, where Hachiman Castle overlooks the river town below. Endō Morikazu built the castle in 1559 after defeating a rival branch of his family. In 1754 a change in the assessment of rice taxes provoked a prolonged uprising under the Kanamori lords. Villagers petitioned repeatedly, carrying their grievances as far as Edo; the dispute continued for four years and became known as the Gujō uprising.