Mikura Town

Also simply called Kuramachi. They were particularly common during the regent and cloistered government periods, and refer to the areas where warehouses were located to store the assets of the Zuryo (senryo), the regent family, and the cloistered emperor. They were found not only within Heian-kyo, but also in Toba and Shirakawa, and Emperor Shirakawa is said to have had "more than 200 storehouses" in each of these locations (Chuyuki). They were not merely warehouses, but also served as workshops, clearly showing the accumulation of wealth in Kyoto at the time.

[Inoue Mitsuro]

"Research on the Disintegration of Ancient Nations by Yasuhiko Murai (1965, Iwanami Shoten)"

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単に倉町(くらまち)とも称する。摂関期や院政期にとくにみられ、受領(ずりょう)や摂関家、院などの財物を収納した倉庫の立地する地をいう。平安京内はもちろん鳥羽(とば)、白河などにもあり、白河法皇はこれら各所に「御倉二百余所」をもっていたという（『中右記(ちゅうゆうき)』）。また単なる倉庫群にとどまらず、工房の役割をも果たしており、当時の京都における富の集積のさまをよく示す。

［井上満郎］

『村井康彦著『古代国家解体過程の研究』（1965・岩波書店）』

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