Azumigawa (river) Mikuriya

Japanese: 安曇川（河）御厨 - あどがわみくりや

...the inhabitants of the mikuriya (kitchens) owned by the Kamo Shrines (Kamigamo and Shimogamo) in Yamashiro (Kyoto Prefecture) in various regions, engaged in fishing and hunting, and were responsible for presenting fish as offerings (offerings to the altar). In 1090 (Kanji 4), Emperor Shirakawa donated over 600 cho of non-transported land to each of the Kamo Shrines and allocated mikuriya to various provinces, but both shrines owned many mikuriya around Lake Biwa and the Seto Inland Sea, including those that existed before that. At the Upper Shrine's Omi Azumigawa Mikuriya, it is said that after Kanji's donation, 52 people who became shrine priests were asked to collect three cho of public land for each person to make sacred land and offer offerings. In the case of the Nagasu Mikuriya in Settsu, which had become the shrine land of the Lower Shrine a few years earlier, it is said that since then, "they invited the netters from the sea, talked to those involved in river fishing, and invited several hundred families to become offering priests."

From Funaki-so

...By the end of the 11th century, they had gained the status of priests of the Kamo Shrine, and were guaranteed fishing privileges in the Azumi River basin and Lake Biwa. The Azumigawa Mikuriya, Kamo Shrine's territory, was established around the land granted to these priests, which was exempt from tax. At the end of the Nanboku-cho period, Funaki Barrier, managed by Enryaku-ji Temple, was located at Funakihama (Kitahama, Nakahama, etc.), and tolls were collected from ships passing through Lake Biwa. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Azumigawa (River) Mikuriya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山城(京都府)の賀茂神社(上賀茂･下鴨両社)が各地に領有した御厨（みくりや）の住民で，漁猟に従事し，供祭物(神前への供物)としての魚類の貢進を任とした人々。1090年(寛治4)白河上皇が賀茂両社にそれぞれ不輸田600余町を寄進するとともに，御厨を諸国に分置したが，それ以前からのものも含め，両社は琵琶湖岸や瀬戸内海周辺に多くの御厨を領有した。上社の近江安曇河（あどがわ）御厨では，寛治の寄進以後同社神人（じにん）となった52人について，人別に3町の公田を引き募って神田とし，贄（にえ）を貢進させたと伝え，その数年前に下社が社領とした摂津の長洲御厨の場合は，以来〈海中の網人を招き寄せ，河漁にたずさわる輩を語らい寄せて，数百家をいざないすえ，供祭人となした〉といわれる。…

【船木荘】より

…彼らは11世紀末には賀茂社の供祭人としての身分を得，安曇川流域や琵琶湖での漁労特権を保証された。この供祭人に与えられた雑免田（ぞうめんでん）を中心に成立したのが賀茂社領安曇川御厨（あどがわのみくりや）である。船木浜(北浜，中浜等々)には南北朝末期には延暦寺の管理する船木関が置かれ，琵琶湖を通行する船から関銭を徴収した。…

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