Equal name - Kintomyo

A manor consisting of roughly equal sizes of around 1, 2, or 3 cho, seen in manors from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period. A manor consisting of equal names is called an equal name manor. Even equal name manors are often seen in manors in the Kinai region that were exempt from miscellaneous duties, and are said to be a characteristic of Kinai manors. Even names are divided into complete equal names, which have a completely equal composition of the fields, and incomplete equal names, which do not. It is generally believed that equal names were created for the convenience of manor lords in collecting official duties (miscellaneous duties) and labor services equally. Famous examples include Izumo Manor and Wakatsuki Manor in Yamato Province, which were owned by Daijo-in Temple, Ikeda Manor in Yamato Province, which was owned by Ichijo-in Temple, and Kuga Manor in Yamashiro Province, which was owned by the Koga family.

[Okuno Nakahiko]

"Sumio Watanabe, Revised Edition: The Basic Structure of Kinai Shoen (1969, 1970, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安末期から鎌倉時代の荘園でみられる、1～2、3町前後のほぼ均等な規模に編成された名。均等名からなる荘園が均等名荘園である。均等名荘園は、畿内(きない)の雑役免(ぞうやくめん)系荘園に多くみられ、畿内荘園の特色といわれる。なお均等名といっても、それぞれの名を構成する各耕地片はまとまって存在したのではなく、散在的であった。また均等名は、完全に均等な名田構成をとる完全均等名と、そうでない不完全均等名とに分けられる。均等名は荘園領主が均等な公事(くじ)（雑役）・夫役(ぶやく)収取を行う便宜からつくられたとするのが通説。大乗院領大和国出雲(いずも)荘・若槻(わかつき)荘、一乗院領大和国池田荘、久我(こが)家領山城国久我荘などが有名。

［奥野中彦］

『渡辺澄夫著『増訂　畿内庄園の基礎構造』上下（1969、1970・吉川弘文館）』

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