Request - Ukebumi

Japanese: 請文 - うけぶみ
Request - Ukebumi

A style of ancient document. Especially in the Middle Ages, it was used to confirm or promise something to a superior, such as a report, consent, application, or petition. It can take the form of a petition with a notation such as "Ukuru tokoro kudan no gotoshi" or a simple letter, and is characterized by the inclusion of words such as "request" and "acknowledge." It is submitted as a pledge of sincerity in relation to documents issued by subordinates, positions, and grants of property. Representative examples include petitions by samurai of the rank of shugo or lower in response to Shogunate imperial edicts and petitions by manor officials in response to pensions for Shoen positions, and each played a key role in mediating the Shogunate's chain of command and the manorial land ownership system.

[Michihisa Hotate]

"Introduction to Palaeography by Shinichi Sato (1971, Hosei University Press)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古文書の一様式。とくに中世において、復命、承諾、申請、請願など、上位者に対してある事柄を確言、約束するとき使用される。「所請如件(うくるところくだんのごとし)」などの書止めを有する上申文書、あるいは単なる書状の形式をとり、多く「請(うく)」「承(うけたまわる)」などの文言を含むことが特徴である。下達文書、所職(しょしき)、物件などの授与行為に対して誠実を誓って提出される。代表的な用例としては、幕府御教書(みぎょうしょ)に対する守護以下の武士の請文や、荘園(しょうえん)所職の恩給に対して提出される荘官の請文があり、おのおの幕府の命令系統や荘園制的土地所有体系を媒介する枢要な役割を果たした。

[保立道久]

『佐藤進一著『古文書学入門』(1971・法政大学出版局)』

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