Kurashiki

Japanese: 倉敷 - くらしき

An abbreviation for "kurashiki," a place for temporarily storing taxes and other items to be transported from a manor to the head office or lord's residence. There were buildings (warehouses) for storing taxes and offices there, and they were usually located at the location of the manor office, which was the center of the manor, but in manors that could use water transportation, they were often located at ferry docks. In addition, kurashiki sometimes took up more land than was necessary for a warehouse, and eventually became independent manors.

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Japanese:

倉敷地の略称で，荘園から本所，領家へ輸送する年貢などを一時保管しておく場所。そこには年貢物を保管する建物 (倉庫) や事務所などがあり，普通，荘内の中心をなす荘園庁の所在地におかれたが，水運を利用しうる荘園では多く渡し場におかれた。また倉敷地は，倉庫に必要な面積以上の地を占め，やがて独立して荘園となる場合もあった。

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