Hoji - Hoji

Japanese: 保司 - ほうじ

The person responsible for managing the Ho, a unit of territory in the Middle Ages. Ho was generally established based on an application for development and with the approval of the Kokushu, but in such cases, the applicant for establishment and development was given the status of Hoji and took control of the Ho's administrative powers. If the Hoji was a feudal lord based in Kyoto, the local lord who undertook the development locally was appointed as Kumon. From the beginning of the Ho's existence, many of the Hoji were feudal lords based in Kyoto, and the most famous were Kanjinin Obetto Gyoen, who held the Hahakabe Ho in Tanba Province and Moritomi Ho in Omi Province, both of which were in the Gion Kanjinin territory, and Kantomi Ho in Wakasa Province, as well as Kantomi Otsuki Takamoto, who established Binpo no Ho for many Kanchu family territories.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世的所領単位の一つである保の管理責任者。保は一般には開発の申請にもとづき，国守の認定を得て立保されるが，その際，立保･開発の申請者は保司の地位を与えられ，保の所務権を掌握した。保司が在京の領主であったばあいは，現地で開発を請け負った在地の領主が公文（くもん）に任じられた。保出現の当初より保司には在京の領主が多く，祇園感神院領の丹波国波々伯部（ははかべ）保，近江国守富（もりとみ）保を領有した感神院大別当行円や若狭国国富保をはじめ数多くの官厨家領の便補保（びんぽのほ）を立てた官務小槻隆職（おづきのたかもと）が著名である。

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