Otogi-so - Otsukinosho

Japanese: 乙木荘 - おつきのしょう

A manor belonging to Daijoin Temple of Kofuku-ji Temple, located in Yamabe County, Yamato Province (present-day Otogi-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture). A map of the land with jori and tsubo layout estimated to have been created in the second half of the 13th century remains, but due to a lack of related historical materials, the process of its establishment and the changes that took place after the map was created are unknown. According to the map, the manor had a total area of 43 cho and consisted of 19 myoden (named land), house sites, tsukuda, and a small amount of scattered land such as official fields and land-related fields. The nameden (named land) was 1 cho for the entrusted land and 5 tan for the subordinate land, and of the named land of 17 people, including Shoji, Zenen, and Heitaro, 10 people had 5 tan, 1 person had 4 tan, 4 people had 4 tan, and 1 person each had 3 tan and 2 tan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大和国山辺郡(現，奈良県天理市乙木（おとぎ）町)にあった興福寺大乗院領の荘園。13世紀後半の作成と推定される条里坪付図が残っているが，関係史料が乏しいため，成立過程および条里坪付図作成以降の変遷については不明である。条里坪付図によると，総面積43町余で，荘地は19の名田（みようでん）(名請地)，屋敷地，佃（つくだ）および公事田･地子田等のわずかな散田から成っていた。名田(名請地)は預所（あずかりどころ）名1町，下司（げし）名5反で，荘司，善縁，平太郎など17名の名請地は5反が10名，4反大が1名，4反が4名，3反，2反が各1名であった。

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