Firewood House - Takiginosho

Japanese: 薪荘 - たきぎのしょう

The land of Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine was located on the west bank of the Kizu River in Tsuzuki County, Yamashiro Province, at the foot of Mt. Kannabi in what is now Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture. Also known as Shinen-en, it is said to have been donated to Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine in the 10th century (its first appearance in historical documents was in the mid-12th century), but its state during the Heian period is unknown. To the northwest of this manor was Osumi Manor, which was owned by Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara, and in 1235 a fierce conflict broke out between the two manors. What began as a dispute over water use developed into a feud between the two powerful families of Iwashimizu and Kofuku-ji, involving the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, and the fighting continued until near the end of the following year. The course of the conflict can be divided into three periods: May to October 1235, December to March 1236, and July to November 1236. In the first period, the monks of Kofuku-ji Temple burned down over 60 households in the firewood manor, and in the second period, the Hachiman messenger killed the Kasuga jinin of Oju-sho Manor. In December 1235, the monks of Kofuku-ji Temple, calling for the monks of the Seven Great Temples to join forces, headed north carrying the Kasuga sacred tree, and faced off across the Uji River against the Rokuhara samurai who were trying to stop them. In October 1236, the shogunate decided to take forceful measures, placing shugo in Yamato, where there had never been a shugo position before, confiscating the monks' chigyo manors, and replacing the jito, which finally calmed the situation. In response to this, the shogunate abolished the shugo and jito that had been established in November. However, disputes over the border between the two manors continued, and in 1281, by imperial decree, the two manors were designated as "the entire Kanto region" (during the Nanboku-cho period, the manor was returned to Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine).

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Japanese:

山城国綴喜(つづき)郡の木津川西岸，現京都府京田辺市の甘南備(かんなび)山山麓にあった石清水(いわしみず)八幡宮領。薪園ともよばれ，10世紀に石清水八幡宮に寄進されたというが（史料上の初見は12世紀半ば），平安時代の様子は不明。当荘の北西方に奈良興福寺領大住(おおすみ)荘があり，1235年両荘間に激烈な紛争が発生した。発端は用水相論であったが，石清水・興福寺という二大権門の確執に発展して朝廷・幕府を巻き込み，翌年末近くまで争乱が繰り返された。争乱の経過は1235年５月〜10月，1235年12月〜1236年３月，1236年７月〜11月の３時期に分けられるが，第１期には興福寺衆徒による薪荘在家60宇余の焼打ち，第２期には八幡使による大住荘春日神人(じにん)の殺害などの事件が発生，1235年12月には興福寺衆徒は七大寺衆徒にも共闘を求めながら春日神木を奉じて北上し，これを阻止しようとする六波羅武士と宇治川を挟んで対陣している。1236年10月，幕府はかつて守護職を設置することのなかった大和に守護を置き，衆徒知行荘園を没収，地頭を補すという強行策を決定，これにより事態はようやく鎮静化した。これをうけて幕府は11月にはいったん設置した守護・地頭を廃止している。しかしその後も両荘間の境相論は続き，1281年院宣によって両荘は〈関東一円之地〉とされた（南北朝期には当荘は石清水八幡宮に還付されている）。

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