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==Rebellion==

One of the rebellions sparked by the Great Tenpō famine was the Ōshio Heihachirō Rebellion. The man for whom it was named led an attempted revolt in the 1830s, and was granted the label of ''yonaoshi daimyojin'', or "world saviour", for his attempts at moral restoration.<ref>Totman, Conrad D. (1993). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mb7Zp3LF-VAC&dq=%C5%8Cshio+Heihachir%C5%8D+Rebellion&pg=PA447 ''Early Modern Japan'', p. 447]</ref> Formally a police officer and scholar, [[Ōshio Heihachirō]] (1792-1837) had requested help from [[Osaka]] city commissioners and otherwise wealthy merchants in 1837, only to be met with indifference. Shocked by his lack of success in the endeavour, Ōshio instigated an uprising to oppose those who had refused their aid. With approximately 300 followers, including poor townsfolk and peasants from various villages, Ōshio set fire to one-fifth of Osaka city. But the rebellion was suppressed in short order, forcing Ōshio to a quick end in which he committed suicide.<ref>Hane, Mikiso and Perez, Louis G. (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=YCYd0GicIXUC&q=%C5%8Cshio+Heihachir%C5%8D+Rebellion ''Modern Japan: A Historical Survey'', pp. 100–101]</ref>

The scholar [[Ikuta Yorozo]] (1801–1837) also instigated a rebellion from similar roots as that of Ōshio Heihachirō. Ikuta had opened a school for the education of adolescents, consisting mostly of peasants. Having also suffered from the Great Tenpō Famine, Ikuta despaired the lack of aid local bureaucrats were willing to provide, and in 1837, he assembled a band of peasants in retaliation. Together they launched an attack on the bureaucrats, which met with devastating results and ended with Ikuta taking his own life.<ref>Frédéric, Louis. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&dq=Ikuta+Yorozu&pg=PA382 ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 382]</ref>