Enkyu Senjimasu (Masu)

Japanese: 延久宣旨枡 - えんきゅうせんじます

…This is an official masu from the mid-Heian period, established by imperial decree of Emperor Gosanjo during the Enkyu era (1069-74). It is also called the Enkyu-senji masu. It is the product of the policy of establishing official masu, which was adopted in conjunction with the Shoen Sogyo-rei (law to consolidate manors) during the Heian period, when the Ritsuryo system was collapsing. …

From "Masu"

…As private landowners’ manors developed in various regions, each manor developed its own unique and complex system of tax tribute measures, lord’s measures, payment measures, etc., and by the mid-Heian period, many different types of private measures of different sizes came into use. Emperor Gosanjo, who is famous for organizing illegal manors in various provinces, unified the chaotic measures during the Enkyu era (1069-74) and established the official measures known as the “Enkyu-senji-masu.” These measures were subsequently approved for use nationwide as measures in the imperial court, temples, shrines, etc., and by the Kamakura period they had come to occupy the position of the representative measure in Kyoto city. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Enkyu-no-Minomasu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…延久年間(1069‐74)に後三条天皇の勅命によって制定された平安時代中期の公定枡。延久宣旨枡ともいう。律令制が崩壊していった平安時代に，荘園整理令と関連して採られた公定枡制定政策の所産である。…

【升∥枡】より

…また私的土地所有である荘園が各地に発展すると，各荘園独自に，租税貢納枡，領主枡，支払枡などが複雑に発達し，平安時代中ごろには多種の異量の私枡が使用されるに至った。諸国の非合法荘園の整理を行ったことで著名な後三条天皇は，延久年間(1069‐74)に乱れた枡を統一し，〈延久宣旨枡〉と称される公定枡を制定した。この枡はその後，宮廷，社寺などの枡として全国的な使用が認められ，鎌倉時代には京都市中の代表枡の地位を占めるに至った。…

※「延久宣旨枡」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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