Little boy - Shichinoho

Japanese: 小童保 - しちのほ

Binpo no ho, a fief of Gion Shrine located in Sera County, Bingo Province. It is identified with the current Kodo, Kono Town, Kono County, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is also called "Kowaraha no ho." In 1098 (Shotoku 2), a fief of a fief was donated to Gion Shrine to pray for the recovery of Emperor Horikawa from illness, which later evolved into a fief of a fief. It was one of the four fiefs of Gion Shrine established around the same time, and was under the control of the shrine for a long time. The fief of a fief was passed down to the priest Shoson, who is said to be the "principal donor of the development of Shotoku," and later to his disciples, but in the Kamakura period, a dispute between family members led to the intervention of the executioners of the time, and the process of succession was complicated.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

備後国世羅郡に所在した祇園社領便補保（びんぽのほ）。現在の広島県甲奴郡甲奴町小童に比定される。〈こわらハのほう〉とも称する。1098年(承徳2)堀河天皇の病気平癒祈願のため祇園社に施入された封戸が便補保に転化したもので，同じころに成立した祇園社4ヵ保の一つとして永く同社の支配が及んだ。保司職は〈承徳開発寄進本主〉とされる社僧勝尊ののちその門流に相承されたが，鎌倉期に入ると一族間の抗争から時の執行（しゆぎよう）の介入を招き，複雑な伝領過程をたどった。

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