Investigation of the Validity of the Yoshida Family's Activity as the Shinto-in-Chief

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  • 「神祇管領長上」考 : 室町期の吉田家と神祇官
  • ジンギ カンリョウ チョウジョウ コウ ムロマチキ ノ ヨシダケ ト ジンギカン

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The purpose of this study is to point out the validity of the Yoshida family's activity. The Yoshida family were court nobles who administered public Shinto affairs. They were in charge of Shinto priests from the 15th to the 19th century, even though they were assistance administrators of the Jingikan (the traditional office for public Shinto affairs). In the later 15th century, Yoshida Kanetomo organized his theory of Yoshida-Shinto as dominating another aspects of shinto, and proceeded to act in the name of "Jingi-Kanrei-Chojo" (Shinto-in-Chief). They often plotted to ensure their validity, such as falsifying their ancestry and fabricating official documents. This unjust validity was authorized by public power, and Kanetomo built Central Shrines, called "Saijosho" all over Japan. It is recognized that the Yoshida family constructed a new Shinto order in place of the traditional Shinto order. Kanetomo, however, had also cooperated in the rebuilding of the Jingikan, the center of the traditional Shinto system. This may seem contradictory, but the rational Kanetomo created the position "Jingi-Kanrei-Chojo," which was equal to the administrator of the Jingikan, and to orient itself to the Jingikan. The Yoshida family did not intend to abolish the traditional Shinto order, but to use it to promote their position. The Yoshida family's activity was thus based on a traditional validity.

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