monobe

Updated: August 22, 2026

When the Yamato sovereign undertook his eastward expedition, Umashimade with his monobe subdued the central districts, and Michi no Omi with his otomo and Okume-be consolidated these conquests. Not military matters alone, but also criminal jurisdiction, belonged to the functions of these two.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era