Mr. Ikue

...Later, in February 754, he played a major role in the management of the Todaiji estates, such as participating in the management of Kuwabara Manor in Sakai County in the same province together with Sone Otomaro, the rice-producing steward of the temple family. At the time, he held the position of dairyo in Asuwa County, and since Ike no Yasumaro was the dairyo in that county in 749, the Ike no Yasumaro is considered to have been a traditional powerful clan in that county. Even before he was appointed dairyo, he had cultivated 100 cho of reclaimed land in Chimori Village, Asuwa County, and donated it as a merit fee for Todaiji Temple, which he then used to manage....

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ikue clan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…のち754年2月には寺家の田使曾禰乙麻呂らとともに同国坂井郡桑原荘の経営に参画するなど，東大寺領諸荘園の経営に大きな役割を果たした。時に足羽郡大領の地位にあったが，同郡では749年当時の大領として生江安麻呂がいたので，生江氏は同郡の伝統的豪族であったと考えられる。彼は大領に任ぜられる以前から足羽郡道守（ちもり）村に墾田100町をみずから開墾し東大寺功徳料として寄進して経営にあたっていた。…

※「生江氏」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。

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