Kawarajo Castle

Japanese: 河原城荘 - かわらじょうのしょう

A manor in Yamanobe County, Yamato Province. The current name of the manor is Kawaharajocho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture. Also called Kawara-sho, it was originally the territory of Gufuku-ji Temple (Kawahara-dera Temple), but when Gufuku-ji Temple was given to Kukai, it became the territory of the head temple administrator of To-ji Temple (Kyoogokoku-ji Temple) along with Gufuku-ji Temple, and in 1399, it became the territory of To-ji Temple with a donation from the head temple administrator Shunton. In the same year, it had 28 cho and 5 dan of rice fields. At the beginning of the 11th century, Yamabe-sho, the territory of Gufuku-ji Temple, was established in the Kawarajocho area, and it is possible that Kawarajo-sho was renamed Yamabe-sho after the name of Gufuku-ji Temple's location, Kawahara.

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Japanese:

大和国山辺(やまのべ)郡にあった荘園。現奈良県天理市川原城(かわはらじょう)町が遺称地。河原庄ともいい，もと弘福(ぐふく)寺（川原寺）領であったが，同寺が空海に与えられたことから同寺とともに東寺（教王護国寺）寺務長者の渡領となり，1399年同長者俊尊の寄進により東寺領となる。同年の田数28町５段。なお11世紀初頭，川原城町一帯には弘福寺領山辺荘が成立しており，河原城荘は弘福寺の所在地名〈川原〉にちなんで山辺荘が改号された可能性がある。

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