The Water Transportation in the Kanto Plain and the "Piracy" there (4)

     The Minamotos and the Fujiwaras in Ashikaga were not on bad terms at first.  The Minamoto provided mediation and legal support in the central government, and the Fujiwaras in Ashikaga provided profit.  They developed the land in Yanada County together, which lay south to Ashikaga Manor.  The land was contributed to Ise Shrine as Yanada Holy Manor in 1143.  However, in the process of the contribution, Minamoto Yoshikuni chose one priest in the shrine as a meditator, Arakida Motosada (?-?), while Fujiwara Ietsuna (?-?) chose another, Arakida Toshimitsu (?-?).  It was brought to court who would be a contributor through whose mediation.

     In 1144, Retired-Emperor Toba (1103-1156) gave a verdict to qualify Yoshikuni as a contributor, and Motosada as a mediator.  The imperial certification was issued in 1165.  In the meanwhile, in 1150, Yoshikuni was ordered to confine himself because of his violence and brutality.  He confined himself to Ashikaga Manor and concentrated on the management of the manor.  That raised more tension between the two.