Turtle chrysanthemum - Kamegiku

Japanese: 亀菊 - かめぎく

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. She was the favorite concubine of the retired Emperor Gotoba in the early Kamakura period. She was originally a Shirabyoshi. As a result of her favor, she was given the position of lord of the Nagae Manors (Toyonaka City) and Kurahashi Manors in Settsu Province by the retired Emperor Gotoba. In 1219, the retired Emperor applied to the Kamakura Shogunate to abolish his position as land steward of the two manors, but was refused, which is said to be one of the causes of the Jokyu War (1221). After the war, she accompanied the retired Emperor when he was exiled to Oki, and served him closely until his death in 1239. The retired Emperor paired courtesans from Eguchi (Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka City) and Kanzaki (Amagasaki City) with his courtiers, and is said to have enjoyed banquets featuring Imayo, recitation, and dancing, with the addition of Shirabyoshi. The Nagae and Kurahashi Manors were also close to Kanzaki, and there is also room to consider the political relationship between the retired Emperor and the Kanzaki courtesans through Kamegiku. In addition, many of the retired emperors had sons and daughters born to Shirabyoshi. <References> Shuko Miura, "History of the Kamakura Period," "Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia: History of Japan" (Middle Ages I-3)

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Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
鎌倉前期,後鳥羽上皇の寵姫。伊賀局。もと白拍子。寵により後鳥羽上皇から摂津国長江(豊中市)・倉橋両荘領家職を与えられる。承久1(1219)年,上皇は両荘の地頭職停廃を鎌倉幕府に申し入れるが拒絶され,それが承久の乱(1221)の要因のひとつとされる。乱後の上皇の隠岐配流に同行し,延応1(1239)年の上皇の死まで側近くに仕えた。上皇は江口(大阪市東淀川区)・神崎(尼崎市)の遊女を番に組んで廷臣に預け,白拍子を加えての今様,朗詠,舞などの盛宴を好んだという。長江・倉橋荘は神崎にも近く,亀菊を通じた上皇と神崎遊女との政治的関係にも考える余地がある。また上皇には白拍子腹の皇子,皇女が多い。<参考文献>三浦周行『鎌倉時代史』,『週刊朝日百科・日本の歴史』(中世Ⅰ‐3)

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