kuni no miyatsuko local rulers

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Kuni no miyatsuko were regional hereditary rulers in ancient Japan who governed local territories on behalf of the central Yamato court during the Kofun period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Japanese official
hereditary local ruler
regional chieftain
appliesToPeriod Yamato period
surface form: Asuka period

Kofun period
associatedWith kofun burial mounds
country Japan
documentedIn Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
duty labor mobilization
local administration
maintenance of order
military leadership
tax collection
ethnicContext Yamato people
governanceModel decentralized administration
indirect rule
governed kuni (provincial territory)
local territories
governedFor Yamato court
governedTypeOfArea peripheral territories
rural regions
heldBy local elite families
uji leaders
inheritedAs hereditary title
languageOfName Classical Japanese
legalStatusChange weakened by Taika Reforms
partOf early Japanese state formation
politicalAlignment Yamato polity
positionInHierarchy local ruler
powerBase local kinship groups
relatedConcept kuni (ancient Japanese province)
uji kabane system
religiousRole local ritual leadership
management of local shrines
replacedBy kokushi
ritsuryō provincial governors
sphereOfInfluence local economy
local religious practices
regional politics
subordinateTo Yamato court
surface form: central Yamato court

Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato)
surface form: Ōkimi (Yamato king)
timeEnd 7th century
timeInception 3rd century
4th century
titleLanguage Old Japanese
wroteInScript Chinese characters

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Kofun period associatedWith kuni no miyatsuko local rulers