喜連川家伝来史料考証

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The purpose of this paper is to study the various historical materials which have been handed down in the Kitsuregawa Family, the last descendant of Kamakura-Kubo Family : Kanto-Ashikaga-shi. (鎌倉公方家 : 関東足利氏) Chapter II pays particular attention to the connection between the manuscript "Kitsuregawa-monjo" (「喜連川文書」) which is now in the possession of the National Library and the materials owned by Otomaru Ashikaga (足利於兎丸) (which are the manuscripts concerning the Kitsuregawa Family kept in the Editorial Office of Historical Materials at Tokyo University.) It is proved that the latter was 'Gosho-an' (御書案) which was edited during the period of Yoriuji Kitsuregawa (頼氏) in the early seventeenth century ; and that the former was the manuscript made referring to the latter in the period of Shigeuji Kitsuregawa (茂氏) in the first half, of the eighteenth century. The arrangement of the old documents of the Kitsuregawa Family was made twice. The aim of the latter was to show the succession from the Kubo Family to the Ko Family (公方家, 高家) ; while on the other hand that of the former was to edit the historical materials of the period their lord studied. It is clear that these two documents are quite different. Being different from Shimazu-shi (島津氏), the Kitsuregawa was seemed to take no special measures with the original document, but they rather made efforts to make manuscripts. We think that this was one of the ways of arranging old documents in those days. In Chapter III, the historical materials owned by Otomaru Ashikaga were studied and the contents of each were analyzed. Chapter IV deals with "Kitsuregawa-monjo" written in the "Tochigiken-shi" (『栃木県史』) and it is pointed out that even within the "Kitsuregawa-monjo" each one differs in content and form. In Chapter V, the original historical documents of the Kitsuregawa Family which have been recently confirmed are examined as well as verifying the process of acquiring and certifying the documents. Further analysis has also been made upon the contents of each material.