Mojuro Uchida - Mojuro Uchida

…Water fees were called mizugin, and were collected from the samurai in rice yields and from the townsfolk in land ownership. Uchida Shigejuro claims that his family began collecting mizugin in 1732 (Kyoho 17), but after he retired from his position as water lord, the water was given to the Edo Castle treasury. To protect the Kanda Waterworks, villages along the coast designated their own positions up to the Mejiro Shimo-Oarai Weir, where they cut grass along the waterworks and kept watch to prevent it from becoming polluted. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Uchida Shigejuro" is listed below.

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…水道料は水銀（みずぎん）と呼ばれ，武家方からは石高割で，町方からは間口割で徴収した。内田茂十郎は，1732年(享保17)から同家が水銀を徴収するようになったと称しているが，茂十郎が水元役を退役してからは江戸城御金蔵納めになった。神田上水の保全のために目白下大洗堰までは沿岸の村々が持場をきめて上水縁の草を刈り，上水を汚さぬように監視に当たった。…

※「内田茂十郎」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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