Representative/child representative - Nashirokoshiro

Japanese: 名代･子代 - なしろこしろ

In the ancient Japanese state of the 5th and 6th centuries, a group of farmers who were owned by the imperial court, the emperor, the empress, or the princes, bore the royal name or the title of Miya, and provided Mitsugi (tributes) and Etachi (services) to them. Both were bemin, and had a common character, but the distinction between the two is not necessarily clear. In the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the "Shishiro" is said to have been placed "in place of" a "child" since there was no "child," but "shiro" is a word that refers to the substance or object of something that has a name, so it is better to think of it as being set "for a child," and in this respect the Nadai who bore the name Miya would be the same.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

5,6世紀の日本古代国家において，朝廷や天皇･后妃･皇子らに領有され，その王名や宮号を負って，これにミツギ(調)やエタチ(役)を提供した一団の農民。いずれも部民で，その性格には共通性があるが，両者の区分はかならずしも明らかでない。《古事記》《日本書紀》では，〈子代〉を〈子〉がないため，その〈代りに〉置いたものとするが，〈代（しろ）〉とは名目あるものの実体･客体をさすことばで，〈子のために〉設定されたものとする方がよく，この点では宮の名を負う名代もおなじであろう。

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