Japanese history - early modern
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五公五民 - ごこうごみん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
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七 公 三 民 - しちこうさんみん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
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水茶屋 - みずぢゃや
- みずちゃや
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
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中臈 - ちゅうろう
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
female servant for a samurai family
lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
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若衆 - わかしゅ
- わかしゅう
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
younger partner in a homosexual relationship
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冷 や飯食 い -
冷飯食 い - ひやめしくい
- ひやめしぐい
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
hanger-on; dependent
someone who is received coldly
third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
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俵 責 め - たわらぜめ
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)
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簀巻 き -
簀巻 -
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巻 - すまき
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
wrapping something in a bamboo mat
wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)
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牢 問 - ろうもん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)
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四 公 六 民 - しこうろくみん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
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高札 - こうさつ
- たかふだ
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
official bulletin board (Edo period)
highest bid; highest tender
your letter
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非人 - ひにん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants)
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穢 多 - えた
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses)
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飯盛 女 -
飯盛 り女 - めしもりおんな
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
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打 ち首 獄門 - うちくびごくもん
Added 11 years agonoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
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