The kurabe was in charge of procuring goods for Imperial Court and kanga (an office) in the Asuka period, HATA no Otsuchi was appointed to Okura no jo (an officer in charge of the large storehouse), and HATA no Kawakatsu who was kurodo (an officer serving as a secretary of an emperor) of Prince Shotoku built the Hachinooka-dera Temple (later, the Koryu-ji Temple) in Uzumasa, Kyoto.
飛鳥時代の宮廷・官衙の物資調達に任じたのが蔵部で、秦大津父は大蔵掾に任じられ、聖徳太子の蔵人となった秦河勝は京都太秦に峰岡寺（のち広隆寺）を造営している。