royalty

Japanese: royalty
royalty

…In Europe and the US, there are cases where the royalty rate is gradually increased or decreased depending on the number of copies, but this is not widely adopted in Japan. The royalty system began in Europe in the 19th century, but in Japan it is said to have been first used in 1886 when Tenka Komiyama and Hobunkan signed a contract to publish Gaiseishidan Danpo Kien (a translation of Madame Thérèse by Erkman Chatrian). Since then, it has long been customary for copyright holders to affix a stamp (called a certification seal) to each copy of a book as proof of the number of copies published. The word "royalty" comes from the fact that the payment method based on this certification seal is similar to that of a stamp tax. …

*Some explanations of terms that mention "royalty" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…欧米では部数によって印税率を段階的に増加ないし減少させる例があるが,日本ではそれほど採用されていない。印税royaltyの制度は,19世紀にヨーロッパで行われるようになったが,日本では1886年小宮山天香が《慨世史談・断蓬奇縁》(エルクマン・シャトリアン著《マダム・テレーズ》の訳)の出版に際して鳳文館と交わした契約が最初とされ,そのころから著作権者が書籍の各冊に押印した印紙をはり(検印という),発行部数のあかしとすることが長い間の慣行となった。印税という語は,この検印に基づく支払方法が印紙税のそれと似通っていることに由来する。…

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