The period during which the Hosokawa clan, the lord of the Kokura Domain (now eastern Fukuoka Prefecture), brewed wine was said to be 1627 (Kanei 4) to 1630 (Kanei 7), but in 1632 (Kanei 9). Noriko Goto, a research fellow at the Eisei Bunko Research Center, Kumamoto University, discovered a document showing the possibility that it was also done.The Hosokawa clan was changed to the Higo clan (now Kumamoto prefecture) in 1632, suggesting that it continued to brew grape wine until just before the move.
According to Kumamoto University, the material found is a historical material "Bugyo" in which Tadatoshi Hosokawa, the head of the Hosokawa clan's magistrate's organization, wrote down the order of the feudal lord Tadatoshi Hosokawa, dated August 1632, 8. "Taroemon Ueda has informed the magistrate's office of the order of the lord to make wine."Taroemon Ueda is a vassal who has mastered the techniques of Nanban tradition and has been making grape liquor since 20.
In addition, it is stated that Taroemon Ueda was instructed to ask Sogo to procure a kind of mountain grapes, which is the raw material of wine, and said, "I handed the grapes to Taroemon." It has been added.There is no description indicating whether or not the grape liquor was actually brewed, but it is known that the brewing of grape liquor by Taroemon Ueda took about 10 days, and it is probable that the grape liquor was finished in September at the latest. ..
Tadatoshi Hosokawa entered Kumamoto Castle on December 12th for a country change.There is no record of the Hosokawa family brewing grape wine in Higo.Researcher Goto suspects that the reason why the Hosokawa clan stopped making grape liquor was that it was a Christian drink that was banned from being banned, and that the change of country was a direct trigger.
