Proposer - Anjyu

A lower-ranking position in charge of creating and storing documents and records. Also called "anzu." It is known from documents in the Shosoin Repository that in the Nara period they were placed in places such as copying Buddhist scriptures, and in the Ruiju Sandai Kaku, it is recorded that in the early Heian period, two were placed in each district. From the mid-Heian period onwards, they were placed in the Daijingu no mikuriya, the Daijokan no chuuka, the Efu, the mandokoro of various provinces, the regent family, and other places. In the Kebiishi office, they were called Anju no Osa. They were also placed in the Kamakura shogunate's mandokoro, and later became hereditary for the Sugano clan. This title also appears among the manor officials of manors.

[Nobuo Kuroita]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

文書や記録の作成、保管にあたる下級の役職。「あんず」ともいう。奈良時代、写経所などに置かれていたことが正倉院(しょうそういん)文書によって知られ、平安初期に郡ごとに2人置かれていたことが『類聚三代格(るいじゅうさんだいきゃく)』にみえる。平安中期以後は大神宮御厨(だいじんぐうのみくりや)、太政官厨家(だいじょうかんのちゅうか)、衛府(えふ)、諸国、摂関家などの政所(まんどころ)その他に置かれた。検非違使(けびいし)庁では案主長(あんじゅのおさ)という。鎌倉幕府の政所にも置かれ、のち菅野氏の世襲となった。また、荘園(しょうえん)の荘官にもこの職名がみえる。

［黒板伸夫］

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