Yodo - Amarbe

A special form of local administrative village organization under the Ritsuryo system. It is also read as "amarube." There is no official provision in the Ritsuryo code, and households remaining in a 50-household, 1-ri arrangement were customarily called "yoto," and the origin of this term can be traced back to the Kiyomihara Code, as documented by wooden tablets. Later, when stations and villages were established under the Gori system, the remaining households were also considered yoto. There are also cases where households were promoted to Go as the number of households increased. Place names such as yoto and Yome remain even today.

[Kazuhiko Seki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

律令(りつりょう)制下における地方行政村落組織の特殊形態。「あまるべ」とも読む。律令に正式な規定はなく、50戸1里の編戸で余った戸を習慣的に「余戸」と称したもので、その起源は木簡(もっかん)により浄御原(きよみはら)令下に求められる。その後、郷里(ごうり)制下で駅戸(えきこ)、神戸(かんべ)が50戸のなかに設置されると、残りの戸も余戸とされた。また、戸の増加に伴い郷へ昇格した例もみられる。今日でも余戸、余目などの地名が残る。

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