Yoshida Kanetomo

Japanese: 吉田兼俱 - よしだかねとも

1435-1511 (Eikyo 7-Eisho 8)
A Shinto priest in the late Muromachi period. He was also called Urabe Kanetomo. His real name was Kanetoshi. In 1472 (Bunmei 4), he was made Junior Third Rank and Deputy Vice-Minister of Jingi, in 1489 (Entoku 1), Middle Counselor, and in 1493 (Meio 2), he was made Vice-Minister of Jingi and Danjo-daisuke. Born into a family of Yoshida Shrine priests, he perfected the doctrine of Shinto, which had been the family teaching since the Middle Ages, and breathed new life into it. In 1477, he collected taxes called "miscellaneous, one art, one role" from commoners in the seven entrances of Kyoto, and tried to use the money for the expenses of the Shinto altar but failed to pay it. In 1484, he built the Omoto Shrine, a sacred place, in Kaguraoka, and in 1489, he reported to the Imperial Court that the sacred treasures of Ise Shrine had descended upon the altar, and Ise priests such as Arakida Moritomo and nobles such as Sanjonishi Sanetaka denounced his falsehood.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1435‐1511(永享7‐永正8)
室町後期の神官。卜部兼俱とも称する。本名兼敏。1472年(文明4)従三位･神祇権大副，89年(延徳1)中納言，93年(明応2)神祇大副･弾正大弼となる。吉田社神官の家に生まれ，中世以来の家学である神道説を大成してこれに新風を吹き込んだ。77年，京都の七口において庶人より万雑一芸一役と称する課役を徴収し，神祇斎場の費にあてようとして果たさなかったが，84年には神楽岡（かぐらおか）に斎場所大元宮を造営，89年には伊勢神宮の神器が斎場所に降ったと称して朝廷に奏し，荒木田守朝ら伊勢神官や三条西実隆らの公卿はその虚構を弾劾した。

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