Nobuaki ARAKIDA, a mediator Shinto priest (corresponding to ryoke [a lord of the manor]) took half of the donation, and the other half was taken in the form of an offering of money for festivals by the top negi ([one comprehensive term for shrine priests]; corresponding to the honke [head family]) Motochika.
その半分を口入りの神主（領家に相当）・荒木田延明がとり、半分を供祭料の名目で一の禰宜（本家に相当）元親が取る