著者

宮城 栄昌

出版者

横浜国立大学

雑誌

横浜国立大学人文紀要. 第一類, 哲学・社会科学 (ISSN:05135621)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.1-33, 1967-12-20

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It is believed that to find out how the jurisdiction of the Noro (祝女) of Okinawa was decided and what changes have happened to it offers an important clue to expound the birth and growth of villages, and the religionus, political and social characteristics of the Noro and Tsukasa (司) in Okinawa. That is what this article aims at. The writer's conclusion is that the territory over which Noro's authority is exercised originated in the kind of parish of a Negami (根神), who came out of the pioneer family in a village, and has developed into the administrative territory in charge of Noro who was appointed by the government. So in Okinawa, until in the Meiji era, the establishment, unification or abolition of "Magiri=Son" (間切=村) and "Mura" (村) was carried out on the basis of the territorial jurisdiction of Noro, and their constitutional factors had a priority over those of the administration. The materials of this article are mainly supplied by Ryukyu-Goku Yuraiki (琉球国由来記) compiled in 1713, and also by the records of the Noro and Tsukasa, which are the fruit of our explorations from 1960 to 1965 in Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama Islands and Amami-Oshima Islands.