Kamo no Agata-nushi

Japanese: 鴨県主 - かものあがたぬし

…Before the Ritsuryo system, the Kurumamochi clan, a branch of the Kamitsukenu clan, served in the ceremonies of the emperor's vehicles, the Kasatori clan in the raising of the lid during imperial journeys, and the Hioki clan in the provision of lamps and candles. The Kamo clan was the governor of Kadono in Yamashiro, and the Shimogamo Genealogy records that Kujiyoshi served in the Tonoryo during the reigns of Jomei and Kogyoku, and that many served in the Mizube, the Mizunobu branch of the Sui-no-tsukasa. The Kamo clan provided tribute in the form of firewood and charcoal from the mountains of Kadono, and ice from the icehouse, and had members of the clan attend the emperor as attendants, the predecessors of the Tonobe and Mizube. …

From the Yatagarasu

...The crow also served as an emissary when the local Yamato lords Eukashi and Otoukashi were subjugated. The Yatagarasu is said to be the ancestor of Kamo no Agata-nushi of Yamashiro (Nihon Shoki, Kogo Shūi). He inherited the position of shudono, and among his duties were 'attending the carriage' (Engishiki) and 'being the 'lightsetter' at the Daijōsai (Great Blessings) (Kitayama Shō), which is thought to show a correspondence between myth and ritual....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kamo no Kuni no Kami" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…令制前には，上毛野（かみつけぬ）氏の一族の車持氏は，天皇の乗物の挙行（くるまもち）に奉仕し，笠取氏は行幸の際の蓋の挙持に奉仕し，日置氏は灯燭等に奉仕した。鴨氏は山城の葛野（かどの）の県主(鴨県主)で，《下鴨系図》には舒明･皇極朝に久治良が〈殿寮〉に出仕したこと，主水司水部に多数出仕したことが記されている。鴨県主は，葛野の山地から薪炭や氷室の氷を貢納し，一族の者を殿部や水部の前身の伴（とも）として天皇に近侍させたのである。…

【八咫烏】より

…また大和の土豪兄猾（えうかし）･弟猾（おとうかし）平定のさいはこの烏が使者に立っている。ヤタガラスは山城の鴨(賀茂)県主（かものあがたぬし）の先祖とされている(《日本書紀》《古語拾遺》)。同氏は主殿の職を世襲したが，その職掌のうちには〈車駕行幸供奉〉(《延喜式》)，大嘗祭における〈秉燭照路〉(《北山抄》)ということがあり，神話と祭式の対応関係を示すものと考えられる。…

※「鴨県主」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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