Inabe

Japanese: 猪名部 - いなべ

Also written as Tamenabe. They were one of the professional departments of the Yamato Imperial Court and served with woodworking skills. According to the Nihon Shoki, the entry for August 31st year of the Ōjin era states that they began as "skilled craftsmen" who paid tribute to the King of Silla to build ships, and the entry for the 12th year of the Yūryaku era in the same book shows Inabe no Onda, and the entry for the following year, Inabe no Mane, shows them participating as woodworkers in the construction of the palace. In the Shinsen Shojiroku, Inabe no Miyatsuko of the Sakyo Shinbetsu clan and Tamenabe no Obito of Settsu are thought to be Tomo no Miyatsuko, but all of them claim to be related to the Mononobe clan, and since the entry for the 18th year of the Yūryaku era in the Nihon Shoki states that Inabe was "owned" by the Mononobe clan, it is believed that they were under the control of the Mononobe clan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

為奈部とも書く。大和朝廷の職業部の一つで木工技術をもって仕えた。《日本書紀》によると，応神31年8月条の新羅王が船を造るために貢上した〈能匠者〉にはじまると伝え，同書雄略12年条に猪名部御田，翌13年条には猪名部真根が宮殿造営の木工として参加していることがみえる。《新撰姓氏録》左京神別の猪名部造（みやつこ），摂津未定雑姓の為奈部首（おびと）等は伴造（とものみやつこ）と考えられるが，いずれも物部氏の同族と称しており，《日本書紀》雄略18年条に猪名部が物部氏の〈所有〉とあることとあわせ，物部氏の管理下にあったものとみられる。

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