The next generation - Moushitsugishu

The title of the Muromachi Shogunate. "Monotsugi" means to act as intermediary, and was placed in the Imperial family and the Shogun family. However, in the Muromachi period, as the family lineage of the intermediary gradually became fixed, they came to be called "Monotsugishu". The Monotsugishu, which are said to have been established during the Eikyou period (1429-1441) of the sixth Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshinori, served in the Imperial Palace on designated days such as the first five days of the New Year and on festival days, announcing the names of guests and showing off gifts. In the mid-Muromachi period, the clans of Odate, Hatakeyama, Ise, and Kozuke became hereditary as the "Monotsugi" families (Odate Hisauji, "Monotsugi-ki from Choroku 2nd Year"). In terms of family rank, they were ranked second to the Oheyashu.

[Kazuhiko Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町幕府の役職名。申次とは取り次ぐことを意味し、天皇家・将軍家に置かれていたが、室町時代に入って、取次役を務める家柄がしだいに固定化するにつれて、申次衆と呼ばれるようになった。6代将軍足利義教(よしのり)の永享期（1429～1441）に成立したといわれる申次衆は正月五箇日、節日など定められた日に殿中に出仕して、拝謁者の姓名を奏上したり、進上物の披露などを行った。室町中期には、大館(おおだち)、畠山、伊勢、上野の諸氏が申次の家として役職を世襲化するに至った（大館尚氏(ひさうじ)『長禄二年以来申次記』）。家格としては御部屋衆の次に位置づけられた。

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