Kanazawa Sanetoki

Japanese: 金沢実時 - かねさわさねとき

[Born] Gennin 1 (1224)
[Died] October 23, 1276. Musashi, Mutsuura. A military commander in the mid-Kamakura period. Grandson of Hojo Yoshitoki and son of Saneyasu. He had a villa in Kanazawa, Musashi Mutsuura Manor, and was called Kanazawa-dono (Kanazawa became a family name when his grandson Sadaaki was born). In 1234, he became head priest of the Kosamurai Office, and served in various roles, including Hikitsuke-shu, Hyōjō-shu, Echigo no Kami, Hikitsuke no Tōnin, and Echigo Sogo Bugyo, and assisted the regents Tsunetoki, Tokimune, and Tokimune. He loved learning, and studied under the Confucian scholar Kiyohara Noritaka. He personally collected, copied, and collated many books, including Gunsho Jiyō, and based these books he established a library in his villa. This was the beginning of the Kanazawa Library. On the other hand, he was a deep believer in Buddhism, built Shomyoji Temple and was also known as Shomyojidono, and invited Eison, the head priest of Saidaiji Temple, to Kamakura.

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Japanese:

[生]元仁1(1224)
[没]建治2(1276).10.23. 武蔵，六浦
鎌倉時代中期の武将。北条義時の孫で実泰の子。武蔵六浦荘金沢に別荘を営み，金沢殿などと呼ばれた (金沢が家名となるのは孫貞顕のとき) 。文暦1 (1234) 年小侍所別当となって以来，引付衆，評定衆，越後守，引付頭人，越訴奉行などを歴任，執権経時，時頼，時宗を補佐した。学問を好み，儒者清原教隆に師事し，みずから『群書治要』など多くの書物の収集，書写，校合に努め，これらの書物をもとに別荘内に文庫を創設した。これが金沢文庫の始りである。一方，崇仏の心も深く，称名寺を建てて称名寺殿とも称され，西大寺長老叡尊を鎌倉に招請したりした。

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