Imatomi-myo

Japanese: 今富名 - いまとみみょう

...The center of the area is currently Obama City, Fukui Prefecture. Originally, it was another name for the provincial government tax office (saisho), and was called Ima Tomina. The name was first seen in historical documents in the March 1265 (Bun'ei 2) draft of the land survey for the Nakate Nishi and Higashi districts of Oniyu County.

From Obama City

...The earliest records of the place name are the red annotations of the Wakasa Nakate Saigou Land Inspection Record Draft in March 1265 (Bun'ei 2) and the copy of the Wakasa Province Land Land Record Record in November of the same year (Toji Yuri Documents). In the Middle Ages, Obama belonged to Imatomi-yo (Imatomi-sho), which was a provincial tax office. This name was passed down to the Wakasa Shugo, who used it as his base of control, and it became the political and cultural center of the country, and also saw remarkable economic development as an important port. In the Kamakura period, the position of Shugo was passed down to the main line of the Hojo clan (Tokusou) after the early Tsutsumi clan, and during the Nanboku-cho period, the Shugo position was changed frequently, but after 1366 (Shohei 21, Joji 5), the Isshiki clan became Shugo for four generations. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Imatomi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中心部は現，福井県小浜市内。本来は国衙税所（さいしよ）の別名（べちみよう）で，税所今富名と呼ばれた。1265年(文永2)3月の遠敷（おにゆう）郡中手西･同東両郷の検田取帳案に名称が載るのが史料上の初見。…

【小浜[市]】より

…1265年(文永2)3月の若狭中手西郷検田取帳案の朱注や，同11月の若狭国惣田数帳写に記されているのが地名の早い所見(東寺百合文書)。中世の小浜は，国衙税所（さいしよ）領今富名（いまとみみよう）(今富荘)に属し，この名は若狭守護が伝領して，ここを支配の拠点としたところから，一国の政治･文化の中心となり，重要港湾として経済的発達も著しかった。鎌倉期には，初期の津々見氏のあと北条氏嫡流(得宗)が守護職を相伝，南北朝期にはしばしば守護が交替したが，1366年(正平21∥貞治5)以後は，一色氏が4代にわたって守護となる。…

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