Ichijo-in Temple

Founded at the end of the 10th century, this is the most representative monzeki (head priest) of Kofuku-ji Temple. After Kakushin (1065-1121), the son of the regent Fujiwara no Morozane, it developed as a monzeki where the children of the regents and chancellors could enter, and in the Kamakura period, the inn families such as Kazan-in and Rishu-in were also subsumed under this monzeki, and it was unified by a head priest from the Konoe family to form a huge organization on a par with Daijo-in. The Kan'yo Ruijusho (Compendium of the Simple Rules) written by the priest Gyoken in the mid-Kamakura period records the successive head priests of Ichijo-in, its branch temples, manors, and annual events, and is a first-class historical source for understanding Ichijo-in during this period. In the early modern period, the temple held a land of 1,492 koku and maintained its authority as a temple head who received the royal family as a priest, but it was abolished after the Meiji Restoration when the head priest returned to secular life and became the chief priest of Kasuga Shrine. The Sannejo Itsuki, currently held at Kofuku-ji Temple, was handed down to Ichijo-in Temple.

[Nobumichi Inaba]

"Konoe Family and Nanto Ichijo-in Temple" by Kyohei Oyama (included in "Japanese Political and Social History Research, Vol. 2" edited by the Retirement Memorial Committee of Professor Toshio Kishi, 1985, Hanawa Shobo)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

10世紀末に創設された興福寺を代表する門跡(もんぜき)。関白藤原師実(もろざね)の子覚信(かくしん)（1065―1121）以後、摂関家の子弟が入室する門跡として発展、鎌倉時代には花山(かざん)院、理趣(りしゅ)院などの院家もその下に包摂され、近衛(このえ)家出身の門主(もんしゅ)によって統合され大乗院と並ぶ巨大な組織を形成した。鎌倉中期の坊官僧行賢(ぎょうけん)の記した『簡要類聚鈔』には一乗院の歴代門主・末寺・荘園・年中行事が記され、この時期の一乗院を知るうえでの一級史料である。近世には1492石の寺領を有し親王入室の門跡としてその権威を保ったが、明治維新後に門主が還俗し春日(かすが)社大宮司(だいぐうじ)となるに及んで廃絶した。現在、興福寺に所蔵される三会定一記(さんねじょういつき)は一乗院に伝来したものである。

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『大山喬平著「近衛家と南都一乗院」（岸俊男教授退官記念会編『日本政治社会史研究　下』所収・1985・塙書房）』

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