In this essay, I consider “Munakatashi-Kotogaki” which was the written laws of the Munakata manor enacted on January 9, 1313 by its lord, Ujimori Munakata(_??__??__??__??_), the 49th Daiguji(_??__??__??_, the highest Shinto priest) of the Munakatasha(_??__??__??_, the Munakata Shrine) in Munakata-gun, Chikuzen-no-kuni(_??__??__??__??__??__??_), through ascertaining the historical character of the lordship of the Munakatashake(_??__??__??__??_, the family of Munakata-Daiguji). In the Kamakura period, the Munakatashake held two sorts of estates, their shiryos(_??__??_)and the Munakata-sharyo(_??__??__??__??_).The former were the alienable private estates of the Munakatashake, the latter was the territory administered by the Munakatashake under the political authority of the Munakatasha. In order to ascertain the character of their lordship, I examine the way how the Munakatashake managed their own shiryos and dominated the Munakata-sharyo.
First, as regards their shiryos. The Munakatashake spread their patriarchal rule over the land around their takuchi (_??__??_, messuage) and there excercised ryoshu-keiei (_??__??__??__??_, lord's management of the demesne) through the service of genins or shojus (_??__??_·_??__??_, a sort of villeinage). Thus, so far as their shiryos were concerned, they were, in a sense, zaichi-ryoshus (_??__??__??__??_, dwelling lords).
Then, I consider the relation between the Munakatashake and the Munakata-sharyo, dividing the Kamakura period into two epochs, namely, before and after the wayo (_??__??_, compromise) which they had made with the honjo (_??__??_, the highest overlord) in June, 1257 in order to lessen the influence of the honjo. Before the wayo, the Munakatashake had succeeded to strengthen their firm held on the Munakata-sharyo as a result of their endeavors to establish firmly their sharyos, to bring a commerce under their power and to complete the system of their branch shrines, though the honjo continued to have a certain influence over them. Then, after freed from fetters of the honjo by the wayo, the Munakatashake intended to establish a territorial rule over the Munakata-sharyo for the purpose of controlling hyakushos (_??__??_, free peasants) and succeeded in it in the way of having appointed the zaichi-ryoshus shinkans (_??__??_, Shinto priests) of the Munakatasha. Thus, notwithstanding they were strongly restricted by the zaichi-ryoshus as a group, the Munakatashake became to have the character of shoen-ryoshu (_??__??__??__??_, aristocratic and citified lord) and were higher in position than the zaichi-ryoshus, because they were not only the chiefs of the territorial rule over the Munakata-sharyo, but had patrimonial administrative organizations and the religious authority.
From these investigations, my conclusion is that “Munakatashi-Kotogaki” was the laws of the Munakatashake as zaichi-ryoshus who had also the character of shoen-ryoshu and that their aim was to maintain the territorial rule based on the zaichi-ryoshus.

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