Tanaka Manor - Tanaka no Sho

Japanese: 田仲荘 - たなかのしょう

This manor was located in Naka County, Kii Province, and is considered to be the southern half of Uchida Town, Wakayama Prefecture. It was also written as Tanaka. The date of its establishment is unknown. It became the property of the Sekkan family in the early 12th century, and in 1110, Fujiwara Tadazane donated part of his share of the stipend to Omi Hiyoshi Shrine (Hiyoshi Taisha) as a fee for the Hoke Hakko lectures. This donation and the start of the Hoke Hakko lectures were well known in the Middle Ages, and are even mentioned in the Tale of the Heike. It later became the property of the Konoe family, but the Konoe family did not have the right to administer the manor, and the position of lord was passed down to the head priest of Jodo-ji Temple until the end of the Muromachi period. From the late Heian period to the end of the Heian period, Sato Nakakiyo and his son Noriyoshi, who were the custodians of this manor, borrowed the authority of the Taira clan (later calling it the Kamakura shocho) to invade Arakawa Manor, which was adjacent to the south, and caused a fierce border dispute. In particular, Noriyoshi, during the Genpei War, built a castle in the manor, gathered troops, and invaded Arakawa Manor. However, Noriyoshi's actions did not gain the support of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and the conflict ended in 1186. In the Sonpi Bunmyaku, the poet Saigyo (commonly known as Sato Yoshikiyo) is listed as Nakakiyo's younger brother. In the Kamakura period, the Tanaka clan, who had solidified their alliance with the Yuasa clan, seem to have been the land stewards. In the mid-15th century, a dispute arose over the common mountain of this manor, which was located within Arakawa Manor, and this forest dispute continued into the early modern period.

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Japanese:

紀伊国那賀(なか)郡にあった摂関家領の荘園で，現和歌山県内田(うちた)町の南半域に比定される。田中とも書いた。成立時期は不明。12世紀初めには摂関家領となっており，1110年藤原忠実(ただざね)から得分(とくぶん)の一部が近江日吉社（日吉大社）に法華八講(ほっけはっこう)料として寄進されている。この寄進と法華八講開始のことは中世には有名で，《平家物語》にも取り上げられている。その後近衛家領となるが，近衛家は荘務(しょうむ)権をもたず，領家職は浄土寺門跡(もんぜき)が室町末期まで伝領した。平安時代の後期から末期にかけ当荘預所(あずかりどころ)の佐藤仲清・能清父子は平家の威を借り（のちには鎌倉の下知と称して），南隣する荒川荘を侵略，激しい境相論を起こした。特に能清は折からの源平争乱のなかで，荘内に城を構えて軍兵を集め，荒川荘に乱入したという。しかし能清の行動は源頼朝の支持を得られず，紛争は1186年に終息した。なお《尊卑分脈》には，歌人西行（俗名佐藤義清）は仲清の弟として記載されている。鎌倉時代には湯浅一族と党結合を固めている田中氏が地頭であったようである。15世紀半ば荒川荘内にあった当荘の入会山について紛争が起き，この山林相論は近世にも継続した。

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