Rank - Iroku

A type of salary paid to Ritsuryo bureaucrats. In the Taiho and Yoro Roku-ryo, it was stipulated that from Shoichii to Jusanmi, ifu was given, and for the 4th and 5th ranks, stipends were given. Fourth, Junior Fourth, Fifth, and Fifth ranks were given equal amounts of cloth, cotton, and cloth, and women were given half of that. If an employee was absent for two years without a valid reason, both the stipend and stipend were suspended. Going back to the Kiyomihara-ryo, which went into effect in June 689 (the 3rd year of the reign of Empress Jito), all employees with direct ranks and above, which are equivalent to the 5th rank and above in terms of structural contrast with the rank system, were eligible for ifu. After the Taiho Code (701) was enacted, in November 705 (Keiun 2), the fifth rank was changed from a title to a stipend, but in February of the following year, it was decided to grant titles to the fourth rank, so in effect, only fifth rank bureaucrats were given stipends.

[Tadao Nomura]

"A Study on the Ritsuryo Officials' Salary System" by Takahashi Takashi (1970, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

律令(りつりょう)官僚への給与の一種。大宝・養老禄令(ろくりょう)では、正一位(しょういちい)から従三位(じゅさんみ)までは位封(いふ)、四、五位には位禄を給する規定であり、正四位、従四位、正五位、従五位と等差をつけて、絁(あしぎぬ)、綿、布などを支給し、女性は半分に減じた。正当な理由がなくて欠勤2年に及ぶと、位封、位禄ともに、支給が停止された。さかのぼって689年（持統天皇3）6月施行の浄御原令(きよみはらりょう)では、位階制との構造的対比で五位以上にあたる直位(じきい)以上は、すべて位封の対象であった。大宝令（701）の施行後、705年（慶雲2）11月に、五位を位封から位禄に切り替えたが、翌年2月に四位への位封支給が決定されたので、実質は五位の官僚だけに位禄が支給されることになった。

［野村忠夫］

『高橋崇著『律令官人給与制の研究』（1970・吉川弘文館）』

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