Urushi tribute - Urushi nengu

Japanese: 漆年貢 - うるしねんぐ
Urushi tribute - Urushi nengu
It is also called urushi-ei (lacquer tax). It was one of the miscellaneous taxes called komononari (small taxes) in the Edo period. It was levied on lacquer trees planted in forests, embankments, vacant lots, etc. It was common in mountain villages in the Kanto and Oshu regions, and consisted of payment in kind (lacquer fruit or lacquer wax) and in money, with the tax rate not being consistent.

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Japanese:
漆役,漆永 (うるしえい) ともいう。江戸時代の雑税である小物成 (こものなり) の一つ。林野,堤防,空地などに植えられた漆木に課した。関東,奥羽地方の山村に多く,漆の実または漆ろうの現物納と金納とがあり,賦課率は一定していなかった。

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