Amihiki Mikuriya - Abiko no Mikuriya

A mikuriya (kitchen) in the territory of the Naizenshi (feudal governor) in Izumi Province. Its central area was Abiko, now in Izumi-otsu City, Osaka Prefecture, and its territory extended to the vicinity of Kogino-sho (Kaizuka City), Tsuruhara-sho, and Sano-sho (Izumisano City). Already in the early Heian period, 50 yotei (official retainers) were officially recognized, and the so-called Engi mikuriya reorganization order also recognized it as an old mikuriya. At the end of the Heian period, it is said that 165 cho of exempted land was solicited from all over Izumi Province, and the basis of its development was the trend of Izumi Province's wealthy tato (tatoru), who were "partly devoted to fishing," to advance into the fishing industry (Izumi Province Fuan, 1012). However, from the Kamakura period onwards, there were constant disputes with the lords and land stewards of neighbouring manors, and it is known that the non-land land, which had been settled at 65 cho during the Shoji period (1199-1201), was also encroached upon by the land steward of Chikagi Manor. It is assumed that Amihiki Mikuriya had strong fishing rights over the various ports along the coast of Izumi Province, but there are no historical documents that show the specifics of their fishing activities, and it can only be assumed that the fact that Sano fishermen went out to fish in the western part of the country from the end of the Middle Ages onwards is a continuation of the tradition of privileged activities of the Mikuriya fishermen.

[Michihisa Hotate]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

和泉(いずみ)国に存在した内膳司(ないぜんし)領の御厨。現在の大阪府泉大津市の我孫子(あびこ)を中心地域とし、近木荘(こぎのしょう)（貝塚市）、鶴原(つるはら)荘・佐野荘（泉佐野市）近辺にまで領域を広げていた。すでに平安時代初期、50人の徭丁(ようてい)が公認されており、いわゆる延喜(えんぎ)御厨整理令でも旧来よりの御厨として認可された。平安時代末期には、和泉国中から165町の免田(めんでん)を募ったとされるが、その発展の基礎には、「半ば漁釣(ぎょちょう)の事を宗(むね)とし」たという和泉国の富豪田堵(たと)の漁業への進出の動向（1012年「和泉国符案」）があった。しかし鎌倉時代以降、近隣荘園の領主、地頭との相論(そうろん)が絶えず、正治(しょうじ)年間（1199～1201）に65町に落ち着いた免田も近木荘の地頭などに侵害されたことが知られる。網曳御厨は和泉国沿岸の諸浦に対して強力な漁業権を有していたと想定されるが、その漁労活動の具体相を示す史料はなく、ただ中世末期以降の佐野の漁師の西国一帯への出漁の事実が、御厨漁民の特権的活動の伝統を引くものであろうと推定されるのみである。

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