Mr. Isobe

…Rice from the official fields in the Kinai region was delivered to the Isobe clan, which was used as food for the Emperor, the Empress and the Crown Prince. The Nishinomiya-ki records that a Shisho (Chronicle Master) was appointed as the custodian, but in 1002 (4th year of the Choho era), when the official Isobe Hironobu was appointed as the custodian in place of Mononobe Mitsuyasu (Chono Gunzai), the position became hereditary for the Isobe clan. After the Enkyu Restoration, rice fields were established under the Oineryō, and when the position of kuno-in offering was established, the Isobe clan also became custodians of the kuno-in, and the rice fields of Ishikawa Tojo-gun and Sabi in Kawachi Province, and the Kuri-mioen in Yamashiro Province, were passed down from generation to generation. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Isobe family" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…畿内官田の稲を納め，これを天皇･中宮･東宮の飯料に充てた。《西宮記》には，史生（ししよう）をもって預（あずかり）としたとあるが，1002年(長保4)官人代磯部広信が物部光保に代わって預職に補任されて以来(《朝野群載》)，磯部氏の世襲となる。延久の新政以後，大炊寮の下に御稲田（みいねだ）が設定され，御稲田供御人が成立すると，磯部氏も供御院預職として，河内国石河東条郡ならびに佐備の御稲田，山城国栗御園などを，代々相伝するようになった。…

※「磯部氏」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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