Kamoshajinin - Kamoshajinin

...Their activities pushed the development of the urahama beaches throughout the Japanese archipelago, which had been progressing gradually since prehistoric times, to a new stage. They assumed the status of royal attendants or diviners of influential shrines, and advanced into the urahama beaches of various provinces with a sense of privilege, such as the Kamo Shrine diviners who proclaimed, "The beach where the oars, poles, and pestle paths pass should be the place of offerings to our shrine." The historical characteristics of the medieval fishing villages created there under the manor system can be summarized as follows:

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kamosha Shinjin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼らの活動は，原始時代から徐々に進展してきた日本列島各地の浦浜の開発を新たな段階に推し進めた。彼らは，王家の供御人（くごにん）または有力神社の神人（じにん）などの身分を帯び，例えば鴨社神人が〈櫓（ろ）棹（さお）杵（かし）の通路の浜は当社供祭所たるべし〉と号したような特権的意識をもって，諸国の浦浜に進出していったのである。そこに創出された荘園制下の中世漁村の歴史的特徴は次の二つにまとめられる。…

※「鴨社神人」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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