Tabe was one of the systems that were established during the Kofun period (tumulus period) to control people and land, which also referred to people who cultivated miyake under the direct control of Yamato sovereignty (the ancient Japan sovereignty).
田部（たべ）とは、日本の古墳時代に設けられた土地や人民の支配制度の一つで、ヤマト王権が直接支配した人民のうち屯倉（みあけ）で耕作した方を指す。