Virtual Upper Tada Manor 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #18 Fukusho-ji Temple

 

     In June, 1185, Tada Yukitsuna, the head of the Tada-Minamoto Family, was disgraced and was banished from Tada Manor by Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199).  The local samurai in the manor who had been vassals of the Minamoto Clan at large since Minamoto Mitsunaka (912-997) were granted their territories as indirect vassals of the Kamakura Shogunate.  They were appointed to guard Tada-in Temple, the ancestral mausoleum of the Minamoto Clan.  They were called Tadain Gokenin.  Gokenin usually means direct vassals of the Kamakura Shogunate, so Tadain Gokenin were sometimes mentioned as Sanjo Gokenin.  Sanjo literally means Scattered Territories.

     When the ceremony for the construction of the main hall of Tada-in Temple was held on April 12th, 1278, Tadain Gokenin were Ima Kichizaemon, Kukuchi Hyoenojo, Shiokawa Saemonnojo, Tai Tachibana Umanojo, Yama Tonma, Yasu Fukuma, Morimoto Hyoenojo, Orichika Tota, Imakita Miyata, Takaoka Genshiro, Takaoka Kishirotaro, Nishi Tomizaemon, Taira Sanjiro, Takaoka Genji, Yamamoto Sakontaro, Sato Saburo, Itani Satota, Ishimichi Shinji, Ishimichi Kogenji, Tahara Kishiro, Noma Shiro, Noma Kurojiro, Yoshikawa Hangandai, Ogaki Umanojo, Harada Saemonnojo, and Sasori Hachiro.  Tsukinami Village was mentioned in the document about the ceremony.  The village was also mentioned in a Tada-in Temple document on October 13th, 1316, that the village provided 6 guards.  The village was mentioned again in the Tada-in Temple document dated April 8th, 1368.  According to a document dated July 25th, 1375, 93 families of Tsukinami Village paid some money for the construction of the Hokke-do, Jogyo-do, and Jizo-do Halls of Tada-in Temple.  In 1431, Hirase Saburozaemonnojo and Nakaike Shinzaemonnojo of Tsukinami Village were attacked by the Shogunate Forces from Settsu and Tanba Provinces and surrendered.  It was, however, decided on June 18th that their teritories in the village shouldn't be confiscated.

     It is unknown why the Hirase and Nakaike Families weren't included in the 1278 members.  Perhaps, their ancestors were just absent from the ceremony.  Their middle ancestors might have changed their family names.  There could have been some up-side-downs in the Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392).

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