Shoso is an repository for grain and property, and is placed in the public facilities, such as central and regional kanga (government office) and temples in the ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code).
正倉（しょうそう）とは、律令制において中央・地方の官衙や寺院など公的な施設に設置された穀物や財物を保管する倉庫のこと。