Yamaguni no Soma

Japanese: 山国杣 - やまぐにのそま

Located in the upper reaches of the Ooi River in Kyoto Prefecture today, this refers to a vast forest that includes the Yamaguni and Kuroda areas of Kyohoku-cho, Kitakuwada-gun, and the Hanase and Hirokawara areas of Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City. According to a book of history of local samurai and headmen of the Yamaguni Manor submitted to Maeda Gen'i just before the Taiko's land survey of this region in 1587 (Tensho 15), entitled "The Allocation of Fields and Official Ranks for 36 Names and 88 Houses of Yamaguni Manor," the origin of Yamaguni Manor dates back to the time when the capital was moved to Heian. The Ritsuryo state stationed 16 officials from the Shoeifu Shoryo in Yamaguni Manor, and later 20 more officials from the Imperial Court were added. These 36 people branched off into 52 sub-houses, and a total of 88 people contributed timber called "Gosanzunmihiroaragi" (rough timber measuring 53 inches and 35 fathoms) to the state.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

現在の京都府下の大堰（おおい）川上流に位置し，北桑田郡京北町山国･黒田地区から京都市左京区花背･広河原地区を含む広大な山林を指す。1587年(天正15)のこの地方の太閤検地直前に，前田玄以に提出した郷士名主家の由緒書《山国庄三十六名八十八家田畑配分幷官位次第》によると，平安遷都にさいして〈御杣御料〉とされたことを山国荘の起源としている。律令国家は山国杣に省衛府諸寮官人16人を配置し，のち禁裏重代の仕官20人が増員され，この36人が52人の子家を分出し，計88人が〈五三寸三尋荒木（ごさんずんみひろあらぎ）〉と称される材木を国家に貢納したという。

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