Nanbu-so

Japanese: 南部荘 - みなべのしょう

This manor was located in the area of the current Minabe Town, Wakayama Prefecture, in the lower reaches of the Nanbu River in Hidaka County, Kii Province. The circumstances of its establishment are unknown, but it first appeared as "Minamibaisho" in a historical document from 1109. The position of lord was passed from Princess Fushiminomiya Moriko to Princess Itsujinomiya Shoshi, but in 1175, Princess Shoshi built Rengejoin Temple on Mount Koya to mourn the death of her father, Emperor Toba, and donated 10 cho of rice fields in Yamauchi Village within the manor as a tax haven for offerings of oil and food to the deceased, so part of the position of lord was transferred to Rengejoin. In 1194, the ownership of the 10 cho of rice fields was converted into a donation of 100 koku of rice, and after Princess Shoshi's death, it was decided that the entire land would be used as a service for the temple family (Rengejoin). Therefore, after the death of the princess in 1208, the entire manor became the property of Rengejoin. The position of Geshi had been filled by members of the Kumano betto family since the time of Princess Moriko's domain, starting with Tankai, then his son Tanzō, then his son Tanshōō Hokkyō, then Tanmori Harima betto, and finally Kajitsu Komatsu Hoin. The stipend for the lord was 300 koku in Tankai's time, but when Tanzō took over there was a dispute between him and his brother Tanmasa, and Tanzō was appointed to the position after accepting an increase of 200 koku. Kajitsu Komatsu Hoin was executed for aiding Emperor Gotoba during the Jokyu War, and his Geshi position was confiscated, but the ownership of Rengejoin remained unchanged, and Sahara Ietsuraji, the governor of Kii Province, was appointed as the land steward in place of the Geshi. After Ietsuraya, his son Mitsutsuna took over as land steward, but Mitsutsuna was killed fighting on the side of Miura in the Battle of Hoji in 1247 and his position as land steward was confiscated. Taking this opportunity, Rengejoin applied to have its position suspended on the grounds that Ietsuraya and Mitsutsuna had committed illegal acts, but their request was denied. The land stewardship continued thereafter, and various disputes between Rengejoin and the land steward continued for a long time. In 1393, the land was divided by the judgement of the Shugo Ouchi Yoshihiro, but invasions by local samurai continued after that, and by 1441 Rengejoin's income had fallen to just 30 koku.

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Japanese:

紀伊国日高郡の南部川下流域，現和歌山県みなべ町一帯に所在した荘園。成立事情は不明だが，1109年の史料に〈南陪庄〉と初見。領家職は伏見宮守子内親王から五辻宮頌子内親王に伝えられたが，1175年頌子内親王は父鳥羽院の菩提(ぼだい)を弔(とむら)うため高野(こうや)山に蓮華乗院を建立，その仏餉灯油人供の料所として荘内山内村の水田10町を寄進したため，領家職の一部は蓮華乗院に移った。1194年水田10町の領有が所当米100石の寄進に切り替えられるとともに，頌子内親王没後は全面的に寺家（蓮華乗院）の進仕(しんし)とすることが定められた。したがって1208年に内親王が没したあとは，荘全体が蓮華乗院領となったものとみられる。下司(げし)職には守子内親王領の時代から熊野別当家が補任(ぶにん)されており，湛快を初見としてその子湛増，さらにその子湛勝王法橋，湛盛播磨別当，快実小松法印へと受け継がれた。なお領家に対する請料は湛快の代には300石であったが，湛増が引き継ぐに際して兄弟の湛政との間に争いがあり，200石の増額を受け入れた湛増が補任されるという経緯があった。快実小松法印は承久の乱に際して後鳥羽院に荷担して処刑され，下司職は没収されたが，蓮華乗院の領有には変化はなく，下司に代わって紀伊国守護佐原家連が地頭に補任された。家連のあとその子光連が引き継ぐが，光連は1247年の宝治合戦で三浦方について討死し，地頭職は没収された。これを機に蓮華乗院は，家連・光連に不法のあったことを理由に地頭の停止を願い出たが認められず，以後も地頭は存続，蓮華乗院と地頭の間でさまざまな紛争が長く続いた。1393年守護大内義弘の裁許によって下地中分が行われたが，その後も在地武士による侵略が続き，1441年には蓮華乗院の収納はわずか30石にまで減少している。

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