One season service - Ikkihoko

Japanese: 一季奉公 - いっきほうこう

〘 noun 〙 A rotating servant employed for one year from the rotating season to the next rotating season. Also, the person. It was seen from the Sengoku period and became common in the Edo period. It was distinguished from indentured servants or hereditary servants. A one-season servant. Living for one season. ※Shinkanseishiki ( 1562-73 ), Article 13 "1. Regarding one-season servants. Those who work in _various places for _two years _{in the same} _place are customarily asked for leave of _absence _for that _month ."

Hitoki-boukou [one-season service]

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, a rotating servant was employed for a year from one rotating season to the next. Also, the person. From time to time. Ikkihoko. ※Mikawa Monogatari ( around 1626) 3 "There are times when a person travels the world with hope."

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Japanese:

〘名〙出替わり奉公人で、出替わり季から翌年の出替わり季までの一年間雇用されること。また、その者。戦国時代からみられ、江戸時代に一般化した。年季奉公または、譜代奉公と区別された。一季者。一季居(いっきすわり)。※新加制式（1562‐73）一三条「一、一季奉公輩事。右経_二歴諸方_一而致_二奉公_一之輩、当_二其月_一乞_レ暇常習也」