Ushihara-so - Ushihara-no-sho

Japanese: 牛原荘 - うしがはらのしょう

Daigoji Temple estate in Ono County, Echizen Province. It corresponds to the northern part of the city of Ono, Fukui Prefecture. Originally the head of the estate was Todaiji Temple's Goshi Tadanori, but in 1086 it was donated to Daigoji Temple's Enkoin Temple, which was built by Emperor Shirakawa in mourning the death of Empress Fujiwara no Kenshi. Initially it consisted of 200 cho of wilderness and 25 cho of rice paddies, but it was gradually developed by inviting ronin (masterless samurai), and with the removal of the provincial governor's obstruction, it became the main estate of Daigoji Temple's Sanboin estate, directly controlled by the head priest. At the end of the Heian period, the estate was divided into four areas: Kita-sho, Minami-sho, Chuo, and Shobayashi, with a total of 460 cho of rice paddies and an annual tax of 500 koku. In the early Kamakura period, Nikaido Masayoshi became the land steward, and after the Jōkyū War, the land steward Tokimori allowed the land steward, the general pursuer, and the public official to enter the area and commit illegal acts, so the shogunate limited the number of land stewards and left the distribution of their profits to the discretion of the hon-jito. From the late Kamakura period to the Muromachi period, the manor was reorganized into four districts: Ushihara, Yoro, Shorin, and Inobe. It is believed that the land lost its real status as Daigoji territory around the time of the Onin and Bunmei Wars.

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Japanese:

越前国大野郡の醍醐(だいご)寺領荘園。現在の福井県大野市の市街北部に比定される。もとは東大寺五師忠範が本主であったが，1086年白河院が中宮藤原賢子の死を悼んで建立した醍醐寺円光(えんこう)院に寄進された。当初荒野200町，見作田25町であったが，浪人を招くなどして次第に開発され，国司の押妨(おうぼう)も排除，座主が直接支配する醍醐寺三宝院領の主要荘園となった。平安時代末の当荘は北庄・南庄・中央・庄林(しょうばやし)の４ヵ所に分かれ，総田数460余町，年貢500石であった。鎌倉時代初頭，二階堂行政が地頭となり，承久の乱後の地頭時盛は地頭代・惣追捕使(そうついぶし)・公文(くもん)らを入部させて非法を行ったため，幕府は地頭代の数を限定，その得分も本地頭得分注文に任せ沙汰することとしている。鎌倉後期から室町期にかけて荘内は牛原・丁(ようろ)・庄林・井野部(いのべ)の４ヵ郷に再編された。応仁・文明の乱ころから醍醐寺領としての実体を失ったとみられる。

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