Otorikagaokasei - Otorikagaokaisei

…At that time, the Shogunate's deputies were replaced every one or two years while still living in Edo, so they were unable to fully monitor agricultural policy. This was changed to require the deputies to live in their jinya and not to be allowed to be transferred to other posts for less than ten years. In addition, the Otori Kago Kaisei was implemented in all the Shogunate's rural areas. This was a groundbreaking attempt to increase the tax by having the deputies and accounting office officials visit villages to inspect the cultivated land within the villages and change the land tax and stone mounding of newly developed land, but it was discontinued midway through when Mizuno Tadakuni was ousted. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Otori-ka Gokai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…当時は，幕領の代官は江戸在住のまま1,2年で交替するため農政を十分に見ることができなかったので，これを改めて代官に陣屋在住を命じ，10年未満の任地異動を許さないこととした。そのうえで全国の幕領農村に〈御取箇御改正（おとりかごかいせい）〉を実施した。これは，代官や勘定所役人が回村して，村内耕地の検分を行い，新開地の高入れや石盛（こくもり）の変更によって年貢の増徴を目ざした画期的な試みであったが，途中で水野忠邦が失脚したため中止されている。…

※「御取箇御改正」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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