History - Fuhito

It was an official title in the Yamato Imperial Court, and later became a family name. Its origin is "Fumihito (writer)". Most of the 69 clans with the surname Shi were naturalized clans, and served the Imperial Court with their skills in writing and calculation. After the Yuryaku Dynasty in the late 5th century, when the Imperial Court's organization was expanded, they played an active role in the fields of diplomacy and finance, and from around the middle of the 6th century, the title changed to a family name. Later, Tanabe Nofuhito also participated in the compilation of the Taiho Code, and made a great contribution. In 757 (Tenpyo Houji 1), the name was changed to Bitou to avoid using the given name (real name) of Fujiwara no Fuhito, but it was restored to its original name in 770 (Hōki 1).

[Maenozono Ryoichi]

"Revised version of 'Study of Ancient Japanese Social Organization' by Ryo Ohta (1955, Kunimitsu Shobo)"

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大和(やまと)朝廷の官職名で、のちに姓(かばね)となった。語源は「書人(ふみひと)」。史姓69氏のほとんどが帰化系氏族で、文筆や計算の技能をもって朝廷に仕えた。朝廷の機構の拡充された5世紀後半の雄略(ゆうりゃく)朝以降、外交や財政の分野で活躍し、6世紀なかばごろより官職名から姓(かばね)へ転化した。その後、大宝律令(たいほうりつりょう)の編纂(へんさん)にも田辺史(たなべのふひと)が参加して功績があった。757年（天平宝字1）に藤原不比等(ふひと)の諱(いみな)（実名）を避けて毗登(びと)に改められたが、770年（宝亀1）にもとに復した。

［前之園亮一］

『太田亮著『全訂日本上代社会組織の研究』（1955・邦光書房）』

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