<Articles>The Organization of Technical Labour by Kingship in Early Roofing-Tile Production

SHINJAKU Masahiro

doi:10.14989/shirin_106_2_303

The organization of the technology and labor force used in early tile production has been understood through the study of historical documents in the pioneering context in terms of the Ritsuryō period and through archaeology in the context of the miyake and bemin systems in terms of the Kofun period. The difference between these opposing conclusions has been ignored, and there has been no mutual criticism by their proponents. In this paper, I have therefore clarified the lineages of the artisans mobilized by the miyake and royal houses for temple construction from tiles excavated from those sites to examine the previous theories. As a result of the analysis, the following four points were clarified. First, under the miyake system, there were no specific groups maintaining inherited technology in a hereditary manner, and the idea that the labor force was organized on the bemin model was disproven. Second, specialized artisans were not attached to the royal house, and the tile makers were not enslaved to royal authority. Third, early tile production for the royal house consisted of complex elements derived from the royal house, officials of maetsukimi status, and local chieftains. Fourth, even among these aspects that resemble Kofun period ones, I was able to find aspects of the Ritsuryōperiod type, reflecting a social situation that can be seen as those of a transitional social structure.

<Articles>The Organization of Technical Labour by Kingship in Early Roofing-Tile Production

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