Heike Mokkanryo (confiscation of government land by the Heike clan)

It is also read as "Heikebokkanryo." At the beginning of the Kamakura period, the estates and positions of the Taira clan were confiscated by the Imperial Court when the Taira clan was destroyed. The Tale of the Heike records that the Taira clan had over 500 manors and estates across the country, but most of these were positions such as head family positions, lord positions, and custodial positions. When the Taira clan fell, they were confiscated by the Imperial Court. At first, the Imperial Court gave some of them to Minamoto (Kiso) Yoshinaka and Minamoto Yukiie, but when they also fell, the Imperial Court awarded the majority of them to Minamoto no Yoritomo as a reward for his achievements in pursuing the Taira clan. The territory was the core of what was called the Kanto Goryo (Goryo) over which the Kamakura Shogunate had strong control, and became the Shogunate's most important economic base. However, among the Taira clan's confiscated lands, there were some that did not belong to the Shogunate, including the territory of Taira Yorimori (Kiyomori's half-brother, his mother being Ikeno Zenni).

[Tanaka Fumihide]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

「へいけぼっかんりょう」とも読む。鎌倉時代の初頭、平家滅亡の際、朝廷に没収された平家一門の所領、所職(しょしき)。『平家物語』には、平家一門の荘園(しょうえん)、所領は全国で500余か所に及んだと記すが、その内容は荘園の本家職(ほんけしき)、領家(りょうけ)職、預所(あずかりどころ)職などが多かった。平家が没落するといったんそれらは朝廷に没収された。初め朝廷はその一部を源（木曽(きそ)）義仲(よしなか)や源行家(ゆきいえ)に与えたが、やがて彼らも滅亡すると、源頼朝(よりとも)に平家追討の勲功としてその大部分を給与した。その所領は、鎌倉幕府の支配権が強く及ぶ関東御領(ごりょう)と称されるものの中核をなし、幕府のもっとも重要な経済的基盤となった。ただし、平家没官領のなかでも、平頼盛(よりもり)（清盛の異母弟、母は池禅尼(いけのぜんに)）の所領をはじめ幕府に帰属しなかったものがいくらか存在する。

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