Inagi

The title of a local official in the Yamato Imperial Court. It later became a family name. There are two theories about Inaoki: one that it was the title of an official who managed the Imperial lands such as the Mita (farm fields) and Miyake (farm storehouses) or a tax collector, and the other that it was the title of an official who headed a lower-level organization called Agata (county) or Koori (council), but in either case, it was closely related to the Inner Court, the household organ of the Imperial family. The distribution of Inaoki was limited to Kinai and its surrounding areas, and its territory was as narrow as a Go (town) under the Ritsuryo system. When the eight-colored family names were established in 684 (the 13th year of Emperor Tenmu's reign), Inaoki was ranked as the eighth-ranked family name.

[Maenozono Ryoichi]

"Ueda Masaaki, 'Kenshu and Ritual Groups' (included in 'Research on the History of the Establishment of the Ancient Japanese Nation', 1969, Aoki Shoten)" ▽ "Inoue Mitsusada, 'The Establishment of the Kuni no Miyatsuko System' (included in 'Taika Reforms', 1970, Kobundo)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

大和(やまと)朝廷の地方官職名。のちに姓(かばね)となった。稲置は、屯田(みた)、屯倉(みやけ)などの皇室領の管理者ないしは徴税官の官職名であるとする説、国の下級組織の県(あがた)あるいは評(こおり)の長の官職名であるとする説に分かれているが、いずれにしても皇室の家政機関である内廷と関係の深いものであった。稲置の分布は畿内(きない)とその周辺に限られ、その支配領域は律令(りつりょう)制下の郷(ごう)程度の狭いものである。684年（天武天皇13）の八色(やくさ)の姓の制定に際し、第八位の姓として位置づけられた。

［前之園亮一］

『上田正昭著『県主と祭祀団』（『日本古代国家成立史の研究』所収・1969・青木書店）』▽『井上光貞著『国造制の成立』（『大化改新』所収・1970・弘文堂）』

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