Net farmer - Amikatabiyakusho

...The terms Hamakata peasants, Urakata peasants, Hamamono, and the like often refer to hon-gyosho. In addition, they may be called by other names, such as Amikata peasants, in areas where they engaged in platform fishing, beach seine fishing, or fishing with fishing nets, depending on the presence or absence and number of fishing boats. In any case, they generally refer to members of early modern fishing villages, farmers who pay fishery taxes and can exercise the right to occupy and use the fishing grounds in front of their land, and correspond to hon-gyosho registered in the land survey books in rural areas. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Amikata peasants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…浜方百姓，浦方百姓，浜者などという表現も本漁師を指すことが多い。そのほかにも，例えば網方百姓というように，台網，地引網，釣漁業地域では網や漁舟の有無･多寡によって別の名称で呼ばれている場合もある。ともあれ一般的には近世漁村の構成員で，かつ地先漁場の占有利用権を行使できる漁業年貢負担農民をいい，農村において検地帳に登録された本百姓にあたる。…

※「網方百姓」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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