Koremune Naomoto

Date of birth and death unknown. He was an official in the early Heian period and a member of the Myobo family. In 877 (Gangyo 1), together with his elder brother Naomune, he moved his family home from Kagawa County, Sanuki Province (Kagawa Prefecture) to Rokujo in the right capital of Heian-kyo, and in 883, he and his family changed their surname from Hatanokimi to Koremune Ason. He served five emperors, Seiwa, Yozei, Koko, Uda, and Daigo, and held the positions of Danjo no Chu, Uemon no Shoshi, Kebiishi Uemon no Jo, and Kagenyusinosuke before becoming Chief Accountant and also serving as a Doctor of Myobo. As a legal scholar, he had the honor of lecturing on the Ritsuryo Code at his private residence. At the same time, he answered questions from the Minister of the Left, Fujiwara no Tokihira, who also served as the head of the Kebiishi, and was deeply involved in the actual administration of criminal law.

His written works include "Ryo no Shuge," "Ritsu no Shuge," and "Kebiishi Shiki." While many of these have been lost, the 27 volumes of "Ritsu no Shuge" have been passed down, and are a valuable historical resource that not only teaches the legal studies of the Ritsuryo period, but also shows the actual state of its implementation and restores the provisions of the Tang Code, which was the mother law of the law.

[Akira Taniguchi]

"A Study of Myohodo by Yahei Fuse (1966, Shinseisha)"

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生没年不詳。平安前期の官人で明法家(みょうぼうか)。877年（元慶1）兄直宗(なおむね)とともに本貫を讃岐(さぬき)国（香川県）香川郡から平安京の右京六条に移し、883年、一族とともに秦公(はたのきみ)を改めて惟宗朝臣(あそん)の姓を賜った。清和(せいわ)、陽成(ようぜい)、光孝(こうこう)、宇多(うだ)、醍醐(だいご)の5天皇に仕え、弾正忠(だんじょうのちゅう)、右衛門少志(うえもんのしょうし)、検非違使右衛門尉(けびいしうえもんのじょう)、勘解由使次官(かげゆしのすけ)を経て主計頭(かずえのかみ)となり、明法博士(はかせ)を兼任。法律学者として私邸で律令(りつりょう)を講ずる栄誉に浴した。同時に検非違使別当を兼ねた左大臣藤原時平(ときひら)の諮問に答え、刑政の実際にも深く関わっている。

　その撰述(せんじゅつ)著作には『令集解(りょうのしゅうげ)』『律集解(りつのしゅうげ)』『検非違使私記』などがある。散逸したものが多いなかで、27巻を伝え残す『令集解』は、律令時代の法律学のみならず、その運用の実態を示し、さらに母法となった唐令の条文を復原する貴重な史料となっている。

［谷口　昭］

『布施彌平治著『明法道の研究』（1966・新生社）』

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