of escheatment, and to work to help rōnin settle into proper jobs. Forcefully expelling a great number of people from the city, he argued, would only serve to create more opposition to the government. Far from being an isolated incident, the Keian Uprising was followed by an event the following year involving several hundred rōnin, and another soon afterwards in Sado. These were not directly related, that is, none of the persons involved were the same, nor did they follow a single leader or organized ideology. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, it is significant to note how widespread the distaste for the shogunate was at this time, and the degree of the "problem" of the rōnin throughout the country. The tale was then retold in a novel, Keian Taiheiki (慶安太平記), and in a number of Kabuki plays, the most famous of which, also called Keian Taiheiki, was written by renowned playwright Kawatake Mokuami. References Sansom, George (1963). A History of Japan: 1615–1867. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Conflicts in 1651 Rebellions in Japan 1651 in Japan 17th-century rebellions