Anrakujuin Temple

Japanese: 安楽寿院領 - あんらくじゅいんりょう

...The establishment of manors based on donated land became more widespread, and donations of manors were concentrated under the power of the imperial government. The popularity of temple construction by emperors, retired emperors, and empresses accelerated this trend, and the imperial estates expanded as manors of temples. Representative examples include the 48 manors of Anrakuju-in built by the retired emperor Toba, and the 90 manors of Rokujo Chokodo built by the retired emperor Goshirakawa. The number of empresses, beginning with Emperor Ichijo's mother Tosanjo-in, also increased rapidly after the imperial government period, and there were many cases in which empresses, especially princesses, inherited imperial estates. ...

From [Hachijo-in]

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[Hachijo-in territory]
In 1141 (Eiji 1), when Emperor Toba became a monk, he disposed of some of his accumulated manors, including the Goganji temple land, including 9 to Bifukumon'in and 12 to his sons, but after Toba's death, all of them were passed on from Bifukumon'in to Hachijo-in. In the meantime, the number of manors further increased with the contributions of such provincial governors as Taira no Yorimori and Fujiwara no Nagatsune, and the inventory of the former emperor's estates dated February 1176 (Angen 2) (Yamashina Family Ancient Documents) shows over 17 Kankiko-in land, 6 Gusei-in land, 1 Chieko-in land, 4 Rengeshin-in land, and 40 chobun (manors directly managed by the Join-cho), and the Anrakuju-in land was added to complete the manor group. In 1296 (Kenkyu 7), Hachijo-in handed over all of his estates to the daughter of Prince Mochihito, except for a portion of the estate that he handed over to Kujo Kanezane's son Ryosuke. However, when this woman died in 1204 (Genkyu 1), the estates ended up coming into the hands of Shunkamon-in Shoshi, the daughter of Emperor Gotoba, whose mother was Kanezane's daughter Nitoko and who had become Hachijo-in's adopted son.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Anrakujuin territory" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…寄進地系荘園の設立が本格化し，院政権力のもとに荘園の寄進が集中したためであるが，天皇･上皇･女院（によいん）等の御願寺建立の盛行がそれに拍車をかけ，御願寺領荘園として皇室の所領を拡大した。鳥羽上皇建立の安楽寿院領48ヵ所，後白河上皇建立の六条長講堂領90余ヵ所などは，その代表的なものである。また一条天皇の母后東三条院に始まる女院も，院政時代以降急激に増加したが，とくに皇女の女院に皇室領が伝領される例が続いた。…

【八条院】より

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［八条院領］
　鳥羽上皇は，出家した1141年(永治1)御願寺（ごがんじ）領を含めて，集積した荘園群の一部，9ヵ所を美福門院に，12ヵ所を子に処分しているが，鳥羽の死後そのすべてが美福門院から八条院に譲られた。その間にも平頼盛，藤原長経などの受領（ずりよう）の寄与により荘園の数はさらに増加し，76年(安元2)2月の前闕の目録(〈山科家古文書〉)には，歓喜光院領17以上，弘誓院（ぐせいいん）領6，智恵光院領1，蓮華心院領4，庁分(女院庁の直接管理する荘分)40がみえ，これに安楽寿院領を加えた荘園群が成立している。八条院は96年(建久7)九条兼実の子良輔に譲った庁分の一部を除き，すべて以仁王の女に譲与したが，1204年(元久1)この女性が死去したため，結局この荘園群は後鳥羽天皇の女で，兼実の女任子を母とし八条院の猶子となった春華門院昇子の手中に入った。…

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