Haji clan

Tomo no Miyatsuko clan of the Hajibe clan. Their family name is Muraji. It is also used in the Hajibe clan. In December 684 (the 13th year of Emperor Tenmu), they were given the surname Sukune. Their traditional duties were to build tombs for royalty and high-ranking officials and to carry out funerals, but when the Taika Edict on Simple Burials and the spread of cremation from the end of the 7th century changed tomb systems and funeral customs, their duties were hit hard and they lost power, and some of them began to act as general government officials. During the reign of Emperor Kanmu, they petitioned three times to change their family name and surname, in 781 (Ten'o 1), 782 (Enryaku 1), and 790, and split into three clans (Ason) of Sugawara, Akishino, and Oe.

[Akihisa Maekawa]

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土師部の伴造(とものみやつこ)氏族。姓(かばね)は連(むらじ)。土部連にもつくる。684年（天武天皇13）12月宿禰(すくね)賜姓。王族・高官の陵墓築造、葬礼執行を伝統的職掌としていたが、大化の薄葬令(はくそうりょう)施行と7世紀末以来の火葬普及によって墓制や葬法が変化すると、職掌に打撃を受け勢力を失い、一般的な官人として活動する者も現れた。桓武(かんむ)朝の781年（天応1）、782年（延暦1）、790年の3回にわたり改氏姓を請願し、菅原(すがわら)、秋篠(あきしの)、大枝(おおえ)の三氏（朝臣(あそみ)）に分かれた。

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