Horse Lodge - Meryo

One of the ryo-seikanshi (offices of officials). It can be read as "Maryo" or "Umanotsukasa" and in Chinese it was called Tenkyu (official stables). There were two dormitories on the left and right, and they were in charge of raising and training the official horses in the stables, distributing horse equipment and grains for the Imperial Court, and registering the names of the households of the shibu (feeding staff). The staff consisted of four officials: one head, one assistant, one daijo, one junior officer, one daisakan, and one junior officer. Under them were two veterinary surgeons, 60 mebu (feeding staff), 20 messengers, two direct attendants, and a shicho (feeding staff) for the miscellaneous households. Later, the posts of the Horse Bureau Inspector and the History Officer were placed outside the Ryoge.

[Naohiko Watanabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

令(りょう)制官司(かんし)の一つ。「まりょう」とも「うまのつかさ」とも読み、唐名では典厩(てんきゅう)にあてる。左右2寮あり、厩(うまや)にいる官馬の飼育、調教、御料の馬具、穀草の配給や飼部(しぶ)の戸口の名籍(みょうじゃく)をつかさどった。職員には頭(かみ)1人、助(すけ)1人、大允(だいじょう)1人、少允1人、大属(だいさかん)1人、少属1人の四等官のほか、その下に馬医2人、馬部(めぶ)60人、使部(つかいべ)20人、直丁(じきちょう)2人や雑戸(ざっこ)の飼丁(しちょう)が所属する。のちには令外(りょうげ)に馬寮御監(みげん)や史生(ししょう)が置かれた。

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