Kinai and nearby provinces

Japanese: 畿内近国 - きないきんごく

This refers to the area around the Five Kinai Regions, including Yamashiro. This area was valued as a strategic military location from the end of the 12th century, during the Jisho-Juei civil war, and the Kamakura Shogunate appointed the Shugo of Settsu, Harima, and Tamba as Rokuhara Tandai and Kan after the Mongol invasion, and viewed the area, including Yamashiro, which had previously been under direct control of the Shogunate, as a strategic location. This policy was continued by the Muromachi Shogunate, and these provinces were given to the Shugo of the Ashikaga clan, the most powerful of the three Kan and Shishiki families. Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi were considered military bases for the Southern Court, and when Kusunoki Masanori returned to the Northern Court in 1369 (Shohei 24 | Oan 2), the Shogunate confirmed to him the position of Kawaizumi Shugo as well as the position of provincial lord that he had held while under the Southern Court.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山城を含む五畿内周辺の地域を指す。この地域は12世紀末，治承･寿永の内乱期から軍事的要地として重視され，鎌倉幕府は蒙古襲来以降，摂津，播磨，丹波の守護職を六波羅探題兼管とし，従来から幕府直轄国であった山城を含めて要衝視した。この政策は室町幕府にも継承され，これらの国々は三管四職（ししき）家のうち最有力の足利氏一門守護に与えられた。なかでも摂津，河内，和泉は南朝への軍事的基地とみなされ，1369年(正平24∥応安2)楠木正儀が北朝に帰参すると，幕府は彼に河泉両守護職に加えて南朝所属時に帯していた国主の地位をも安堵している。

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