Oribe no Tsukasa

Under the ryo system, this office was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance and was responsible for a wide range of spinning and dyeing work. They wove Nishiki, Aya, Tsumugi, Ra, and other fabrics, and also dyed threads of various colors. The staff included one Kami, one Suke, one Sakan, four Ayatorishi, and eight Ayatorisho. In the Taiho Code, there were four "Ayatori". With the introduction and development of new weaving techniques, Ayatorishi were dispatched to various regions in 711 (4th year of Wadou) to provide technical guidance. The separate records of the ancient records in the Shikiin Code in the "Ryo no Shuge" list the Shinabe (divisions) such as Nishiki Aya Weaving Department, Kimono Department, Hizome Department, and Aizome Department.

[Takeda Sachiko]

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令(りょう)制で大蔵省の被管となっている、広く紡織と染色のことをつかさどる役所。錦(にしき)、綾(あや)、紬(つむぎ)、羅(ら)などを織り、また諸色の糸を染める。職員に正(かみ)・佑(すけ)・令史(さかん)各1人、挑文師(あやとりし)4人、挑文生(あやとりしょう)8人ほかがいる。大宝(たいほう)令では「挑文」4人。新しい織布技術の導入・開発に伴って、711年（和銅4）挑文師を各地に派遣し、技術指導を行っている。『令集解(りょうのしゅうげ)』職員(しきいん)令の古記所引別記は、錦綾織戸、呉服部戸、緋染(ひぞめ)戸、藍染(あいぞめ)戸などの所属品部(しなべ)をあげている。

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