Mutsuura

An old name for the Kanazawa ward of Yokohama city. It is part of the scenic spots that have been praised as the Eight Views of Kanazawa since the early modern period, and in the Middle Ages it belonged to Kuraki County in Musashi Province, and the Mutsuura Manor, consisting of the Mutsuura Hongo, Tomioka, Kamariya, and Kanazawa districts, was established there. Until around 1277 (Kenji 3), it was the territory of Shohoin Temple in Ninnaji, and it is believed that the Shogun family or the Tokuso family became the main family and ruled over it thereafter. It corresponds to the eastern border of Kamakura, and was connected to the center by the Mutsuura Road (Asahina Kiridooshi). Mutsuura, an outer port of Kamakura along with Wakaejima, functioned as a landing point for various goods and boat traffic via the coast of the inland sea (present-day Tokyo Bay) and the old Tone River system, supporting the Kamakura Shogunate and consumption in Kamakura, and was also used for transporting goods around Shomyo-ji Temple, which was built by the Kanazawa clan, a descendant of the Tokuso Tokuso clan, and for transporting goods for the Kamakura Shogunate, the Uesugi clan, and neighboring temples and shrines that controlled the manor area after the Shogunate's fall, and was a problem during the Nanboku-cho period. The hills overlooking the sea were once dotted with towers (tombs), and it is thought to have been a medieval sacred site with Joganji Temple and other temples of various sects.

[Tomoko Watanuki]

"The History of Mutsuura in the Middle Ages, by Ishii Susumu" (included in Miura Ancient Culture Research Group, Miura Ancient Culture 40, 1986, Keihin Electric Express Railway)" ▽ "Muttsuura in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and Muromachi Periods, by Yamada Kuniaki" (included in Mutsuura Cultural Studies 3, 1991, Mutsuura Cultural Research Institute)" ▽ "Shohoin, a Sub-Temple of Ninna-ji Temple, and Mutsuura Manor in Musashi Province, by Yuyama Manabu" (included in Mutsuura Cultural Studies 7, 1997, Mutsuura Cultural Research Institute)" ▽ "Muttsuura in the Middle Ages and the Jogyoji East Ruins, by Nishioka Yoshifumi" (included in Kanagawa Regional History Studies 26, 2008, Kanagawa Regional History Research Group)" ▽ "Special Exhibition Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of Yokohama Port: The Medieval Port City of Mutsuura" (2009, Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

横浜市金沢区(かなざわく)一帯の古称。近世以降に金沢八景と謳(うた)われる景勝地の一画で、中世には武蔵国久良岐(くらき)郡に属し、六浦本郷・富岡郷・釜利谷(かまりや)郷・金沢郷からなる六浦荘が置かれた。1277年（建治3）頃までは仁和寺(にんなじ)勝宝院(しょうほういん)領で、以後、将軍家または得宗家(とくそうけ)が本家となり支配したとみられる。鎌倉の東の境界に相当し、中心部とは六浦道（朝比奈切通(あさひなきりどおし)）で連絡した。和賀江島(わかえじま)とならぶ鎌倉の外港、六浦津は内海(うちうみ)（現東京湾）沿岸部や旧利根川水系を介した船での往来、諸物資の揚陸地(ようりくち)として機能し、鎌倉幕府や鎌倉の消費を支え、得宗一族金沢氏が建立した称名寺(しょうみょうじ)をめぐる輸送、幕府滅亡後には荘域を支配した鎌倉府・上杉氏・近隣寺社の輸送などにも利用され、南北朝期には問(とい)があった。海に臨む丘陵部にはかつてやぐら（墳墓）が点在し、浄願寺ほか、諸宗派寺院が建ち並ぶ中世の霊場であったとみられる。

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『石井進著「中世六浦の歴史」（三浦古文化研究会編『三浦古文化40』所収・1986・京浜急行電鉄）』▽『山田邦明著「南北朝・室町期の六浦」（『六浦文化研究3』所収・1991・六浦文化研究所）』▽『湯山学著「仁和寺子院勝宝院と武蔵国六浦庄」（『六浦文化研究7』所収・1997・六浦文化研究所）』▽『西岡芳文著「中世の六浦と上行寺東遺跡」（『神奈川地域史研究26』所収・2008・神奈川地域史研究会）』▽『『横浜開港150周年記念企画展　中世の港湾都市六浦』（2009・神奈川県立金沢文庫）』

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