One-season servant - Ikkihokounin

...However, in the early modern period, this gradually changed to farmers employed through lodgings (jobbers, Keian), daily employment agencies, and townspeople employed as monthly or semi-monthly servants, or day laborers, all of whom were paid by the townspeople. The Edo Shogunate began to strictly prohibit seasonal servants from around the Keicho period (1596-1615) (which probably indicates that there were many seasonal servants), and tried to maintain the system of fudai servants in order to secure military service. In 1616 (Genwa 2), the term of service was extended to three years, and in 1625 (Kan'ei 2), it was extended to ten years (this system was abolished in 1698 (Genroku 11)).

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Iki-Hokkenin" are listed below.

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…しかし，近世に入るとそれは漸次人宿（ひとやど）(口入屋（くちいれや），桂庵（けいあん）)，日用座（ひようざ）を通じて雇用される百姓，町人による給金めあての一季（いつき），半季の出替（でがわり）奉公や月雇（つきやとい），日雇へと移りかわっていった。江戸幕府は慶長(1596‐1615)のころから一季奉公をしきりと禁じ(これは一季奉公人の多くあったことを示すものであろう)，軍役の確保のため譜代奉公の維持につとめた。1616年(元和2)には年季を3年とし，25年(寛永2)にはそれをさらに10年へと延長した(これは制度上，98年(元禄11)に廃止)。…

※「一季奉公人」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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