Temple and shrine main land

Japanese: 寺社本所領 - じしゃほんじょりょう

This legal term was used and established by the Muromachi Shogunate during the Nanboku-cho period. It refers to the manors and provincial government lands of temples and shrines, which are contrasted with samurai lands. In this case, honjo lands specifically refer to the aristocratic lands of the Imperial family and the regent family, but originally the term was used to include temples and shrines. Even looking at examples of usage in the Kamakura Shogunate Law, it is considered that temples and shrines are included in the honjo lands and the whole land, as it is written that up until the mid-Kamakura period, "jito gokenin and residents of the honjo lands and the whole land," so it is considered that temples and shrines are included in the honjo lands and the whole land. This usage changed and a distinction was made between honjo lands and temples and shrines from the time when the Shogunate Law of 1288 (Shoo 1) read "jito gokenin and residents of the honjo lands and the whole land of temples and shrines," and from then on, the distinction was made in both the laws of the Kenmu New Government and the Muromachi Shogunate Law.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南北朝期になって室町幕府により使用され定着する法律用語。武家領に対置される寺社領･本所領の荘園･国衙領を指す。この場合の本所領は具体的には天皇家･摂関家等の公家領のことであるが，本来は寺社領をも包含して使用された用語である。鎌倉幕府法の用例をみても，鎌倉中期までは〈地頭御家人幷本所領家一円地の住人等〉とあるように，本所領家一円地の中には当然寺社領が含まれていると考えられる。この用法が変化し，本所領と寺社領を区別するようになるのは，1288年(正応1)の幕府法に〈地頭御家人幷寺社領本所一円地輩〉とみえるころからであり，以後，建武新政府の法においても，室町幕府法においても区別される。

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