Honbyakushō
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Honbyakushō (本百姓) were a type of peasant (hyakushō; 百姓) in pre-modern Japan. They were the owners of farmland in villages,[1]: 5 and it fell to them to pay taxes for the village. This made them very active in village government.[2]: 424
Following the middle of the Edo period, honbyakushō were also called takamochi-hyakushō (高持百姓).
References
[edit]- ↑ Totman, Conrad (1984). "Land-Use Patterns and Afforestation in the Edo Period". Monumenta Nipponica. 39 (1): 1–10. doi:10.2307/2384477. ISSN 0027-0741.
- ↑ Brown, Philip C. (1997). "State, Cultivator, Land: Determination of Land Tenures in Early Modern Japan Reconsidered". The Journal of Asian Studies. 56 (2): 421–444. doi:10.2307/2646245. ISSN 0021-9118.
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