Hojo Shigetoki's Family Precepts - Hojo Shigetoki's Family Precepts

Japanese: 北条重時家訓 - ほうじょうしげときかくん

These are family precepts written by Hojo Shigetoki for his descendants in the mid-13th century. They are the oldest family precepts of a samurai family. There are two types of precepts that are said to be Shigetoki's: "Rokuhara Palace Family Precepts" and "Gokurakuji Palace Messages." There are two theories about "Gokaikun," one that says it was written as a lesson for his son Nagatoki when he married and assumed the position of Rokuhara Tandai near 1247 (Hōji 1), and the other that says it was written on the occasion of Nagatoki's coming-of-age ceremony. "Messages" was written near the time of Shigetoki's death (1261), when he was retiring to a mountain villa in Gokurakuji Valley after becoming a monk, and is believed to be one of the admonitions he sent to his sons and grandchildren, including Nagatoki.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

13世紀中ごろ，北条重時が子孫のために書いた家訓。武家の家訓として最古のもの。重時の家訓として伝えられるものに2種ある。《六波羅殿御家訓》と《極楽寺殿御消息》である。《御家訓》は1247年(宝治1)に近いころ，子息長時が妻帯して六波羅探題の地位に就任するに際して教訓として作られたとする説と，長時元服の際に書かれたとする両説がある。《御消息》は重時出家後，極楽寺谷の山荘に隠棲していた没年(1261)に近いころの作で，長時以下の子息や孫たちに贈った訓戒の一つとされている。

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