Kawaguchi-so

Japanese: 河口荘 - かわぐちのしょう

A manor in Sakai County, Echizen Province. It is believed to have spread to what is now Awara City and Sakai City in Fukui Prefecture, and was the property of Kofuku-ji Temple (Kasuga Taisha Shrine) in Nara. It consisted of 10 districts, including Hyogo-go, which had the water rights for the Jugo Irrigation Canal, which drew water from the Kuzuryu River, and is often collectively referred to as Kawaguchi Tsuboe-sho, together with the neighboring Tsuboe-go, which was owned by the temple. The date of its establishment is unknown, but in the late Heian period it was inherited as the Kasuga Shrine's all-sutra repository. After 1229, it was off-limits to the shugo, and after 1285, it was held by the head priest of Daijo-in Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple. In the late Kamakura period, it had a land area of over 1,167 cho, and about 240 cho of land was exempt from tax, making it the largest manor of the temple outside Yamato Province. Manor officials such as Kumon and Mandokoro were placed on the site, and powerful samurai such as the Horie and Kai clans were assigned to it. After the Onin War, the Asakura clan took over, but after the Asakura clan's demise, the control of Kofuku-ji Temple became a mere formality. → Tsuboe Manor → Related Article Hosoroki-go

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Japanese:

越前国坂井郡の荘園。現福井県あわら市・坂井市にわたったとみられ，奈良興福寺（春日大社）領。九頭竜(くずりゅう)川から取水する十郷(じゅうごう)用水の水利権をもつ兵庫郷など10郷からなり，隣接する同寺領坪江郷を併せて河口坪江荘と総称されることが多い。立荘時期は不明で，平安後期には春日社一切経料所として伝領されていた。1229年以後守護不入地となり，1285年以後興福寺大乗院門跡が知行。鎌倉後期の荘田1167町余，年貢免除の除田約240町で，大和(やまと)国外の同寺領では最大の荘園。現地には公文(くもん)・政所(まんどころ)などの荘官が置かれ，堀江氏・甲斐氏などの有力武士が充てられた。応仁・文明の乱後は朝倉氏がこれに替わるが，同氏滅亡後の興福寺支配は有名無実化した。→坪江荘
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