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Some domains, such as [[Tokushima han|Tokushima]] and [[Yonezawa han|Yonezawa]] were comparatively less hard hit by the Tenpô famine; in the case of Yonezawa, this was in large part due to the domain's prosperity and effective agricultural policies. Cold winds and unseasonable precipitation patterns ruined crops as far south as [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] (where it was quite dry), and as far north as [[Hirosaki han|Hirosaki]] (which saw heavy rains, as did many other parts of "mainland" Japan), however. In [[1836]] alone, roughly 100,000 people died of starvation.
Some domains, such as [[Tokushima han|Tokushima]] and [[Yonezawa han|Yonezawa]] were comparatively less hard hit by the Tenpô famine; in the case of Yonezawa, this was in large part due to the domain's prosperity and effective agricultural policies. Cold winds and unseasonable precipitation patterns ruined crops as far south as [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] (where it was quite dry), and as far north as [[Hirosaki han|Hirosaki]] (which saw heavy rains, as did many other parts of "mainland" Japan), however. In [[1836]] alone, roughly 100,000 people died of starvation.
The famine inspired numerous incidents of ''[[uchikowashi]]'' ("smashing") throughout the archipelago, in which commoners or peasants attacked storehouses, or the homes of elites they believed to be hoarding rice.
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