Sadayasu Kawashima

...In addition, the accumulation of local lords among those connected to the surrounding Zen temples was quite active, and this often hindered Toji's control. In the mid-15th century, Toji appointed Kagawashima Sadayasu, the head of the neighboring Kagawashima manor, as a daimyo and a sutemyo leader, and wealthy monk Terasaki Genga and others as lords, and attempted to use their power to restore farmland and repair irrigation channels, but the real power over irrigation channels and land management was transferred to them, further weakening Toji's control. In addition, there were frequent disputes with the five Nishioka manors, including Kuzego, over irrigation channels. ...

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…また，周辺の禅宗寺院関係者による加地子名主職集積が盛んで，しばしば東寺の支配を妨げた。15世紀中ごろ，東寺は，隣荘革嶋荘地頭革嶋貞安を代官職および捨名主職に任じ，富豪僧寺崎玄雅らを名主職に任じて，彼らの力を借りて耕地復興，用水路修築などを行おうとしたが，用水管理，荘地経営の実権が彼らの手に移り，東寺の支配は一段と弱まった。また，用水路をめぐって，久世郷を始めとする西岡五箇荘とたびたび相論が起きている。…

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