Heir - Afterword

Japanese: 跡職 - あとしき

It is also called "Atoshiki" or "Atome". In the Kamakura period, the property to be inherited was called Atoshiki. Since inheritance was divided at that time, it referred to the family headship and property inherited by the eldest son, and the property inherited by an illegitimate child. However, in the Muromachi period, when the system of sole inheritance by the eldest son (→sole inheritance by the legitimate son) was introduced, it came to refer to the family headship and property concentrated in the eldest son. In the Edo period, it referred to the family name and family stipend to be inherited, and depending on the reason for the start of the inheritance, it was called the family headship inheritance in the case of retirement, and the Atome inheritance in the case of the death of the previous head, which was distinguished.

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Japanese:

「跡式」「跡目 (あとめ) 」ともいう。鎌倉時代には相続されるべき財産を跡職といい，当時は分割相続であったので惣領の相続する家督と財産，庶子の相続する財産をさしたが，室町時代，長子単独相続制 (→嫡子単独相続 ) になるとその内容は，家督と長子に集中する財産との総体をいうようになった。江戸時代には，相続されるべき家名と家禄をいい，その相続の開始理由により，隠居の場合を家督相続，先代の死亡による場合を跡目相続といって区別した。

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