...Therefore, there is a theory that the character "a" means a small plot of land because it is "se (block)". The origins of the so-called "place names" themselves are varied, and there are many research topics. The entry for May 6th year of Wadou (713) in the "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan), states that the names of counties and villages in the seven provinces of Kinai should be named with auspicious characters, and the "Engishiki" (Chronicles of the Engishiki) stipulates that the names of counties and villages in each province must be named with two auspicious characters. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "character names" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…したがって,〈あ〉を〈せ(塞)く〉ということから小区画の土地を意味するという説もある。いわゆる字名そのものの由来はさまざまであり,研究課題も多い。《続日本紀》和銅6年(713)5月の条に,畿内七道諸国の郡郷名には好字で命名させるとあり,《延喜式》では諸国の郡里等の名称には必ず2字の嘉名を用いるように規定している。… ※「字名」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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