<Articles>A Study of Jinseigata in Muromachi Shogunate during Nambokucho Period

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  • <論説>南北朝期室町幕府仁政方の研究
  • 南北朝期室町幕府仁政方の研究
  • ナンボクチョウキ ムロマチ バクフ ジンセイガタ ノ ケンキュウ

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The policy of bestowing rewards by the authority of the bakufu was a central pillar of the shogun's authority over his retainers, and had been the most important policy issue facing the Muromachi bakufu since early in the Nanbokucho period. After a shogunal order to bestow a reward had been issued, a decree from the deputy head of the shogun's office, shitsuji shigyojo, was attached to it, guaranteeing that the bestowal was carried out. In this article, I verify the fact that the organ of government issuing such decrees was the Jinseigata (Office of Benevolent Rule) on the basis of an examination of the 7th amendment of the supplementary ordinances of the Muromachi bakufu and also demonstrate that throughout the Nanbokucho period the Jinseigata ordinarily issued shitsuji hosho (documents that acknowledged the receipt of an order and that it would be carried out), which included the shigyojo, and also prove that the Jinseigata served as the organ of the Shitsuji in the shogun's administration. Additionally, I propose that in the 7th amendment of the supplementary ordinances, which was the law by which Ashikaga Tadayoshi abolished the issuance of shitsuji shigyojo and determined that orders would be carried out by the investigative office, Hikitsukegata, which was under his direct jurisdiction, we can glimpse the conflict between Tadayoshi and Ko no Moronao, the Shitsuji for Shogun Ashikaga Takauji. Moreover, at the base of the conflict between Tadayoshi and Moronao, I have verified the existence of conflicting policies over how to carry out the rewards policy exercised by Takauji-whether the Muromachi bakufu should strictly preserve the traditional system of hyojo and hikitsuke (board of councilors and co-adjudicators), which could be traced back to the time of the Kamakura bakufu, or to develop a system in which orders demanding obedience to the shugo, provincial military governors, were issued in order to establish a forward-looking system of territorial management.

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  • 史林

    史林 89 (4), 517-548, 2006-07-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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