[3] In the pre-Taika period, they were led by powerful clans such as the Banzo, and provided various goods and labor to the Imperial Court (Yamato Kingdom).
It is also said that many of the groups of engineers who came to Japan after the latter half of the 5th century belonged to the Shinabe clan.
After the Taika Reform, some of them were abolished, but the rest were reorganized and attached to government officials, who were obliged to produce luxury goods for the court and industrial products requiring special technology as part of tribute.
In other cases, one person per household either worked in shifts for a certain period of time, or was temporarily assigned by the government to perform labor or pay a certain amount of tribute.
They were a Shinabe clan who were engaged in duties related to writing at the Yamato Imperial Court.
[5] The duties of the Fuhitobe included taking charge of records and documents during the period before the Taika era (618-867).