Personal statement - Ujibumi

In ancient times, documents recorded the origins of clans, their duties, and the achievements of their ancestors. Similar documents include grave inscriptions and official family registers. After the establishment of the Nihon Shoki, from the latter half of the Nara period to the early Heian period, the Imperial Court requested the submission of genealogies from various clans, and attempted to compile works such as the Shizokushi, and various clans submitted clan records to assert their own positions. This project bore fruit in 815 (Kōnin 6) as the Shinsen Shojiroku. The only surviving historical material under the name of clan record is the Takahashi clan record, which remains as a fragmented document in various books. It was submitted to the Imperial Court by the Takahashi clan (Kashiwade clan), who served the Naizenshi, in a dispute with the Azumi clan, in which they recorded the origins of their family. In addition, the Kogoshui, in which the Inbe (Imbe) clan criticized the Nakatomi clan and asserted their own position, contains ancient traditions that differ from those in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. Other surviving documents include the Nakatomi clan Engikihon genealogy, the Tame clan genealogy, and the Kamo no Agata-nushi genealogy.

[Kimio Mori]

"Research on the Newly Selected Shojiroku: Research Volume" by Saeki Yusei (1963, Yoshikawa Kobunkan) " "Kogo Shuui Takahashi Ujibun" by Saibe Hironari, annotated and commented by Yasuda Naomichi and Akimoto Yoshinori (1976, Gendai Shichosha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

古代において氏族の由来や職務・祖先の功績などを記した文書。墓記(ぼき)、本系帳(ほんけいちょう)なども類似の文書である。『日本書紀』成立以降、奈良時代後半から平安時代初期に朝廷が諸氏に系譜の提出を求め、『氏族志(しぞくし)』などの編纂を企図し、諸氏は自己の立場を主張するために氏文を提出した。この事業は815年（弘仁6）に『新撰姓氏録(しんせんしょうじろく)』として結実する。氏文という名称では「高橋氏文」が唯一の現存史料で、これは諸書に逸文として残る。その内容は内膳司(ないぜんし)に奉仕する高橋氏（膳(かしわで)氏）が安曇(あずみ)氏との論争で、自家の由緒を記して朝廷に提出したものである。また斎部(いんべ)（忌部）氏が中臣(なかとみ)氏を非難し、自家の立場を主張した『古語拾遺(こごしゅうい)』には『古事記』『日本書紀』とは異なる古伝承も掲載されている。その他、『中臣氏延喜本系帳』『多米(ため)氏本系帳』『鴨県主(かものあがたぬし)本系』などが残存している。

［森　公章］

『佐伯有清著『新撰姓氏録の研究　研究篇』（1963・吉川弘文館）』▽『斎部広成著、安田尚道・秋本吉徳校注・解説『古語拾遺　高橋氏文』（1976・現代思潮社）』

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