Nemei-in Temple

Japanese: 禰寝院 - ねじめいん

This was the name of the temple from the late Heian period to the Sengoku period, and is thought to have inherited the name of Nejime-go, Osumi County, Osumi Province, in ancient times. It was divided into Nejime-in Kitamata (Nene-Kitamata) and Nejime-in Minamimata (Nene-Minamimata), the former also called O-nejime and the latter Kononejime. Nejime-in Kitamata is identified with Kinko-cho and southern Kanoya City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Minamimata with Tashiro, Kinko-cho, Minamiosumi-cho. It appears as Nejime in a document from 1069, and it is known that it was divided into three villages on the north and three on the south. In the late Heian period, Nejime-in Kitamata was part of Shimazu Manor County, and Minamimata was the territory of Osumi Masahachiman Shrine (now Kagoshima Shrine in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture). The position of land steward passed from Shimazu Tadahisa to Nakahara Chikayoshi, and Kitamata went to the Hojo clan (Nagoshi clan), while Minamimata was held by the Nene clan (Takebe clan) who held both the innoshi and land steward positions. The position of bensaishi in Kitamata was hereditary to the Fujiwara clan (Toyama clan). In 1267, Kitamata consisted of the villages of Korimoto, Hamada, Yokoyama, Oaira, and Shishime. In 1276, Minamimata was divided into Korimoto, Sata, and Tashiro, and other historical documents include Shitenri and many other names. During the Nanboku-cho period, the Nene clan (Takebe clan) gained power, and Oaira and other places became strategic bases. During the Sengoku period, the Kimotsuki clan gained power.

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Japanese:

平安時代後期から戦国期の院名で，古代の大隅国大隅郡禰覆(ねじめ)郷の名を継いだものとみられる。禰寝院北俣（禰寝北俣）・禰寝院南俣（禰寝南俣）に分かれ，前者を大禰寝院，後者を小禰寝院とも称した。禰寝院北俣は鹿児島県錦江町・鹿屋(かのや)市南部，同南俣は南大隅町・錦江町田代に比定される。1069年の文書に禰寝院とみえ，南北３村ずつに分かれていたことが知られる。平安後期には禰寝院北俣が島津荘寄郡，同南俣が大隅正八幡宮（現鹿児島県霧島市の鹿児島神宮）領となっている。地頭は島津忠久，中原親能を経て，北俣は北条氏（名越氏）に移り，南俣は禰寝氏（建部氏）が院司職と地頭職を兼ねた。北俣の弁済使職は藤原氏（富山氏）が世襲した。1267年当時，北俣は郡本(こおりもと)村・浜田村・横山村・大姶良(おおあいら)村・志々目(ししめ)村からなっていた。南俣は1276年当時郡本・佐多・田代に分かれ，ほか史料には志天利(してり)や多くの名(みょう)がみえる。南北朝期に入ると禰寝氏（建部氏）が勢力を増し，大姶良などは戦略上の拠点となった。戦国期には肝付(きもつき)氏の勢力が強くなった。

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