Regional Power and Religion in the Muromachi Period-the case of the Ouchi Domain

从平安时代末期到室町时代早期，大内家族被分为两个强大的家族。他们都信仰部落的保护神米肯（Myoken）。为了成为合法的氏族，大内野介一方建立了高丽寺，吉弘安抚了南朝的势力，创造了氏族创始人的传说，并获得了巨大的权力。如果我们看看相信Myoken基于独立发展的研究进展在千叶家族的信仰和道教图像,无限制的开发家族创始人传说,我们可以看到Myoken大内曾是道教的神,但是,不同于千叶,他们不尊敬意象,我们可以得出结论有一个趋势秘密仪式,如使用的大内Koryuji宗教徒在控制领域的力量,我们知道，吉士教派的寺庙在交通和分配中扮演着重要的角色，从Chofu和Akamaga-seki的例子中，很明显，他们使用了一种巧妙的控制形式，而不是区域自治协会，利用节日来加强宗族联系。我们可以推断，大内建立了一种不同于Ikko-Ikki起义发生地区（关西，北陆）的领主权力和区域关系。室町宗教与社会的关系是多种多样的，但在每个省，当地人民通过节日的自治联系在一起，我们认为，区域政治发展的形式因是否使用大内的巧妙控制而有所不同。最后，我们可以知道，江户时代的大内通过个人主义活动和氏族创始人的传说引起了人们的注意，并在文学和戏剧中留下了许多回忆。

From the end of the Heian to the early Muromachi period, the Ouchi were divided into two powerful clans. Both were internally united by their belief in the protector god of the clan, Myoken. To become the legitimate clan, the Ouchi-no-suke side set up Koryuji temple, and Yoshihiro appeased the power of the Southern Court, creating a legend of the clan founder, and gained great power. If we look at the separate development of belief in Myoken based on research progress on the beliefs of the Chiba clan and on Daoist images, unrestricted by the developed clan founder legends, we can see that the Myoken that the Ouchi served was a Daoist deity, but, unlike the Chiba, they did not venerate imagery, and we can conclude there was a trend to secret ritual, as seen in Koryuji The Ouchi used the power of religionists in controlling their domain, and we know that Jishu sect temples filled important roles in traffic and distribution, and from the examples of Chofu and Akamaga-seki, it is clear that they used a form of artful control over and above that of regional self-government associations that used festivals to strengthen clan bonds. We can infer that the Ouchi built up a different form of domain lord power and regional relations than areas where the Ikko-Ikki revolts took place (Kansai, Hokuriku). The relationship between Muromachi religion and society was diverse, but while in each province local people were bonded in self-government through festivals, we believe that the form of regional political development differs according to whether artful control like that of the Ouchi was used or not. Finally, we can know that the Ouchi in the Edo period attracted people's attention through individualistic activities and clan founder legends, and left many memories in literature and plays.