Residence inspection - Ikenchi

...In each domain, the feudal lords conducted their own land surveys within their territories, which were called internal surveys, but even in those cases, if there were problems, they consulted with the financial magistrate. In addition to the regular land surveys, there were also surveys called 'Ikenchi', which were conducted without the use of a pole and by making an estimate to add a certain amount to the village land surveyed in the old survey, resulting in a land survey without any increase in land survey, 'Jishi' or 'Jizume', which were informal surveys in which only the area was surveyed and corrected while leaving the quality and size of land surveyed unchanged, 'Wankei', which were surveys conducted by drawing detailed maps of partial target land and clarifying the division of land, and 'Ronsho', which were surveys conducted by disputes over boundaries. Land surveys were often conducted after the wheat and rice harvests, and were divided into spring and autumn surveys depending on the season. It was customary for the spring surveys to be incorporated into the surveys for that year, and the autumn surveys for the following year. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "residential survey" is listed below.

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…各藩で大名が領内を独自に検地するのを内検といったが，その場合でも問題があれば勘定奉行に伺をたてた。正規の検地のほかに，竿入をせずに見計いによって古検の村高に一定の増高をつけて無地増高とする検地を居検地，品位･斗代は従来どおりとして面積のみ測量し修正する略式の検地を地押または地詰，部分的な対象地をこまかく区分した絵図に作って反別をただす検地を廻り検地，境界争論などによって行う検地を論所検地といった。また検地は麦･稲の刈入れ後に行われることが多く，季節によって春検地と秋検地の別があり，春検地はその年から，秋検地は翌年から高に組み入れられるのが通例であった。…

※「居検地」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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