Ejifu - Ejifu

Japanese: 衛士府 - えじふ
Ejifu - Ejifu

One of the Five Guards. Divided into the Left and Right Ejifu. An imperial guard organization in the Nara period. Each of the Left and Right Ejifu had one commander, one assistant commander, two captains, two second lieutenants, two chief officers, two junior officers, two doctors, 60 envoys, three direct officers, and Eji and Kato (cooks for the Eji), for a total of about 3,000 people. The number of Eji decreased over the course of the Nara period, and in 805 (Enryaku 24), the Left and Right Ejifu Eji each decreased from 600 to 500, and the Emonfu Eji decreased from 400 to 300, and by the Kōnin era (810-824), the total number was around 1,000-1,200. The Ejifu was established after the Taihō Code (701). The conscripted Eji were mainly from the eastern provinces, Izumo, and Kibi, excluding Kinai, Saikaido, and Sankan Provinces. In 811 (Kōnin 2), the name was changed to Saemon-fu, and the name Eji-fu disappeared.

[Noda Reishi]

[Reference] | Eji | Efu

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

五衛府の一つ。左右衛士府に分かれている。奈良時代の親衛軍組織。左右衛士府それぞれが、督(かみ)1人、佐(すけ)1人、大尉(だいじょう)2人、少尉2人、大志(だいさかん)2人、少志2人、医師2人、使部(しぶ)60人、直丁(じきちょう)3人、および衛士・火頭(かとう)(衛士の炊事役)が総数で約3000配備されていた。衛士数は奈良時代の経過のなかで減少、805年(延暦24)には左右衛士府衛士が各600から500に、衛門府衛士が400から300となり、弘仁(こうにん)年間(810~824)には総数が1000~1200前後になった。衛士府の設置は大宝律令(りつりょう)(701)以降。徴発された衛士は畿内(きない)、西海道、三関国を除く、おもに東国、出雲(いずも)、吉備(きび)地域の出身であった。811年(弘仁2)左右衛門府と称され、衛士府の名称は消滅する。

[野田嶺志]

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