Itosho

Japanese: 怡土荘 - いとのしょう

A manor in Ito and Shima counties in Chikuzen Province (present-day Itoshima County, Fukuoka Prefecture). It has over 1,450 cho of rice fields. It was the largest manor in the Hokongoin estate of Ninna-ji Temple, at the request of Taikenmon'in Shoshi. It was established around 1131 (Tensho 1). It seems that the manor was established in response to the efforts of Daini Fujiwara no Tsunetada, who was Mon'in's betto, and in response to the calls of provincial governors and local lords. Initially, the Imperial family, the main branch of the family, held control over the manor, and appointed Fujiwara no Yoshimori, a close attendant of Emperor Goshirakawa, as its director. When Emperor Gotoba was kanrei, the Jokyu War broke out, and the manor was confiscated by the shogunate, but was returned the following year. From this time on, the head priest of Ninna-ji Temple began to step back from the manor, and a gusō (attendant priest) was appointed as its director.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

筑前国怡土･志麻両郡(現，福岡県糸島郡)の荘園。田数1450町余。待賢門院璋子御願の仁和寺法金剛院領最大の荘園。1131年(天承1)ごろ成立。門院別当であった大弐藤原経忠の働きかけで，国郡司や在地領主が呼応して立券したらしい。当初，本家たる皇室が荘務権を握り，預所に後白河法皇近習藤原能盛を補任。後鳥羽院が管領のときに承久の乱が起こり，幕府に没収されたが，翌年返還された。このころから領家仁和寺が荘務を進退し，供僧（ぐそう）を預所に補任。

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