Dog God Man - Inujinin

Japanese: 犬神人 - いぬじにん

In the Middle Ages, they were subordinate to Gion Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, and engaged in miscellaneous tasks such as security police and cleaning within the shrine grounds. They lived in the Gion area near Kamo-no-kawara River. They were known as "Tsurumeso" (string servants), and made and sold bowstrings and arrows. In addition to cleaning the grounds, the shrine, and the Shinko-ji path during the Gion Festival, they also had the right to dispose of and bury corpses in times of war and famine, and made profits by taking the clothes and grave goods of the dead. In 1371, they clashed with the Kawara-mono who claimed similar rights. Furthermore, in times of trouble, they were fierce military and police forces for the Gion Shrine. (→ 下褤 )

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Japanese:

中世，京都祇園八坂神社に隷属して，社領内の治安警察ならびに清掃などの雑役に従事した者。鴨の河原に近い祇園あたりに集居。日頃は弓弦や矢の製作，販売などを業とし「弦召 (つるめそ) 」とも呼ばれた。また境内，社頭，祇園祭の神幸路の清掃のほか，戦乱，飢饉などの際の死体の処理権，葬送権をもち，死者の衣服や副葬品を取って利益としており，応安4 (1371) 年には，類似の権利を主張する河原者と衝突している。さらにひとたび緩急あるときは，祇園社の軍事警察力として猛威をふるった。 (→賤 )

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