Takaya - Kouke

A job title in the Edo Shogunate. Under the control of the Roju, they were in charge of ceremonies related to the Imperial Court and the nobility, such as entertaining imperial envoys, providing denso (message service), and acting as representatives for Kyoto, Nikko, and Ise. Many of them were famous families from the Middle Ages, such as the Hatakeyama, Yura, and Otomo clans, or branch families of the nobility, such as the Hino and Nakajo clans, and received official ranks equivalent to those of daimyo. It is said that the first denso-goyo positions were held by Osawa Motoie (of the Jimyoin lineage) during the Keicho period (1596-1615), followed by Kira Yoshimitsu (a branch of the Ashikaga clan), and the number of such positions gradually increased thereafter. In the late Edo period, there were 26 such families. The official salary was 1,500 koku, and the family stipend (karoku) was in the 1,000 koku range, with the Hatakeyama clan topping the list with 5,000 koku, down to the Shinagawa clan's 300 koku. All were hereditary, and as a rule, they were not permitted to take on other positions. Among these, those who were not eligible for the position due to reasons such as youth or old age were distinguished as Omote Takake. Two or three people were selected as Takake kimoiri, who served as Kyoto representatives, and were paid a salary of 800 straw bales. It is thought to have been established around the Kyoho period (1716-1736).

[Yoshihisa Sasa]

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江戸幕府の職名。老中支配に属し、勅使接待、伝奏(てんそう)御用、京都・日光・伊勢(いせ)の各名代など、朝廷・公家(くげ)関係の儀式典礼をつかさどった。畠山(はたけやま)・由良(ゆら)・大友氏など中世以来の名家や日野・中条氏など公家の分家が多く、大名に準じた官位を受けた。慶長(けいちょう)期（1596～1615）に大沢基宿(もといえ)（持明院流）、続いて吉良義弥(きらよしみつ)（足利(あしかが)氏庶流）が伝奏御用を勤めたのが始まりといわれ、以後しだいに増加していった。江戸後期には26家が数えられる。役高1500石、家禄(かろく)は5000石の畠山氏を筆頭に1000石台が多く、品川氏の300石に至る。いずれも世襲で、原則として他の役職につくことは許されなかった。このうち、若年や老年などの理由で非役の家を表高家と称し区別している。高家肝煎(きもいり)は2、3名が選任され、京都名代を勤めたもので、役料800俵が支給された。成立は享保(きょうほう)期（1716～36）ごろと考えられる。

［佐々悦久］

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