Takehara House

Japanese: 竹原荘 - たけはらのしょう

This manor became the property of Shimogamo Shrine when the Imperial Court donated many manors to Kamokami-Josha Shrine in 1090 (Kanji 4). It was located in an area centered on Higashino-cho, Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the presence of a salt beach in the manor indicates that it faced the sea. Adjacent to the north of Takehara Manor is Tsuu Village, which became a Shimogamo Shrine property manor in the early Kamakura period and is often referred to as Tsuu and Takehara Manor, but this is because Takehara Manor was the main manor and Tsuu Manor was the new manor, with the manors being the main manor and the new manor, respectively. The jinin (shrine priest) of Shimogamo Shrine was appointed as the geshi (lower official), but it was the kumon (official official) who actually ruled the manor locally.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1090年(寛治4)に朝廷が賀茂上下社に多くの荘園を寄進したとき，下賀茂社の社領となった荘園である。現在の広島県竹原市東野町を中心とした地域にあり，同荘に塩浜があったことから海に面していたことがわかる。竹原荘の北に接して都宇（つう）郷があり，同郷は鎌倉初期には同じ下賀茂社領荘園となって，都宇･竹原荘と連称されることが多いが，それは竹原荘が本荘で都宇荘が新荘という本･新荘関係にあったからである。下賀茂社の神人（じにん）が下司（げし）に任ぜられたが，実質的に同荘の在地支配を行ったのは公文（くもん）であった。

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