Iga Bureau

Date of birth and death unknown. A woman from the early Kamakura period. She was the favorite concubine of the retired Emperor Gotoba. Her name was Kamegiku. She was originally a Shirabyoshi. It is said that one of the causes of the Jōkyū War (1221) was that the retired Emperor tried to dismiss the land stewards who had been appointed by the shogunate to the two manors of Nagae and Kurahashi in Settsu, which he had given to Iga no Tsubone, because they did not follow the orders of the lord Iga no Tsubone. As a result of the Jōkyū War, the retired Emperor Gotoba was exiled to Oki, but Iga no Tsubone followed the retired Emperor and served him as a close aide until his death. She probably took the opportunity of the retired Emperor's death to become a nun and take the name Kihon.

[Eiji Nitta]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

生没年不詳。鎌倉前期の女性。後鳥羽(ごとば)上皇の寵姫(ちょうき)。名は亀菊(かめぎく)。もと白拍子(しらびょうし)という。承久(じょうきゅう)の乱（1221）は、上皇が伊賀局に与えた摂津長江(ながえ)・倉橋(くらはし)両庄(しょう)に、幕府が補任(ぶにん)した地頭が、領家伊賀局の命を用いなかったので、これを上皇が罷免しようとしたことが一因となったといわれている。承久の乱の結果、後鳥羽上皇は隠岐(おき)に流されたが、伊賀局も上皇に従い、崩御まで側近にあって奉仕したという。おそらく上皇の崩御を機会に出家し、帰本(きほん)と号した。

［新田英治］

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