Mirror Making Department

Japanese: 鏡作部 - かがみつくりべ
Mirror Making Department

The name of a group of craftsmen who engaged in the manufacture of mirrors in ancient times. Their leader (Tomo no Miyatsuko) was called Kagami-tsukuri-no-miyatsuko (later Muraji), and is said to be a descendant of Amanonukato no Mikoto's son Ishikoridome no Mikoto. Ishikoridome is said to have produced the sacred mirror, a symbol of the imperial throne, and to have accompanied the descent of the heavenly grandson. Kagami-tsukuri-ni-imasu Amaterasu-mitama Shrine in Shikinoshimo District, Yamato Province (Tawaramoto Town, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture) enshrines the guardian deity of Kagami-tsukuri-no-miyatsuko. After the Taika period (645-650), the skills of mirror-making gradually became more widespread, and under the Ritsuryo system, the job came to be carried out by miscellaneous craftsmen.

[Hiromichi Mayuzumi]

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代において鏡の製作に従事した工人集団の称。彼らの統率者(伴造(とものみやつこ))を鏡作造(のち連(むらじ))といい、天抜戸命(あまのぬかとのみこと)の子石凝姥命(いしこりどめのみこと)の後裔(こうえい)と伝える。石凝姥は皇位の象徴である神鏡を製作し、また天孫降臨に随従した神といわれる。大和(やまと)国城下(しきのしも)郡(奈良県磯城(しき)郡田原本(たわらもと)町)の鏡作坐天照御魂(かがみつくりにいますあまてるみたま)神社は鏡作造の氏神を祭る。大化(たいか)(645~650)以後鏡作部の技術はしだいに一般化し、律令(りつりょう)制のもとではその仕事は雑工戸(ざっこうこ)が担当することとなった。

[黛 弘道]

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