Mr. Somori - Kanimoriuji

Japanese: 掃守氏 - かにもりうじ
Mr. Somori - Kanimoriuji

...From the story in the Shinsen Shojiroku that Amenooshihito-no-Mikoto, the ancestor of the Muraji clan, was given the surname Muraji because he supervised cleaning during the reign of Emperor Yuryaku, we can see that the Muraji clan was a Tomo no Miyatsuko who served in cleaning and paving the palace before the Ritsuryo state. The sweepers and palace sweepers of the Ritsuryo system's Sweeping Office, Inner Sweeping Office, and Harumiya Bozu Palace Police were Tomobe....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Soshu-san" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…掃守連(むらじ)の祖の天忍人命(あめのおしひとのみこと)が雄略天皇代に掃除の事を監したので掃守連の姓を与えられたという《新撰姓氏録》の説話から,掃守氏は律令制国家以前に宮殿の掃除・鋪設に奉仕した伴造(とものみやつこ)であることがわかる。令制の掃部司・内掃部司・春宮坊主殿署の掃部や殿掃部は伴部である。…

※「掃守氏」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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