Comb making - Comb making

Japanese: 櫛造 - くしづくり

Craftsmen who make combs. Two comb-makers are seen among the miscellaneous workers in the Uchinoryo-shiki in the Engishiki, but the Uchinoryo Mikushisho, whose main base was in Kogi-go, Izumi Province, and who received an imperial decree of exemption from various duties in 1135 (Hōen 1), are likely a group that descended from them. This group, who contributed combs of five sections, was affiliated with the Emperor, the Innocent, and the Sekkan-ke as Mikushi-kugonin, In no Mikushi-tsukuri, and Konoe-dono no Mikushi-tsukuri, and was given exempted fields in Kogi-go and was provided with rice. The Uchinoryo territory of Kogi-no-yasu and the Konoe family territory of Mikushi-tsukuri were territories centered on the exempted fields, and in 1224 (Gennin 1), the profits from the Mikushisho fields were used for the production of kamiimameki comb oil, and in 1333 (Genkō 3), Kogi-no-yasu presented 40 bundles of combs to the Uchinoryo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

櫛を製作する職人。《延喜式》内蔵寮式の雑作手の中に造御櫛手2人が見えるが，和泉国近木（こぎ）郷におもな根拠を持ち，1135年(保延1)，諸役免除の宣旨を得た内蔵寮御櫛生（みくししよう）はその流れをくむ集団であろう。五節の櫛などを貢献したこの集団は，御櫛生供御人･院御櫛造･近衛殿御櫛造として天皇･院･摂関家に兼属し，近木郷に給免田を与えられ，舂米（しようまい）を給与された。内蔵寮領近木保･近衛家領御櫛造はその給免田を中心にした所領で，1224年(元仁1)御櫛生の畠地の所出は神今食御櫛油用途に充てられ，近木保は1333年(元弘3)，櫛40束を内蔵寮に貢進している。

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