Foreign slave - Gaikyonnuhi

… Public slaves paid a poll tax of one roll of cotton cloth and two to of rice, which contributed to the financial resources of the government office to which they belonged. Private slaves (private servants) were divided into two groups: those who lived with their masters and those who lived separately. Both were part of the master's means of production, and were valuable assets that could be bought, sold, given as gifts, pawned, or inherited. This led to problems regarding the ownership of children born between slaves and nobles, and between public and private slaves. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "external dwelling slaves" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…公奴婢は人頭税として綿布1匹，米2斗の〈身貢〉を収めたため，所属官衙の財源の一部でもあった。私奴婢(私賤)は，主家に同居する率居奴婢と別居する外居奴婢があるが，いずれも主家にとっては生産手段の一部であるし，売買，贈与，入質，相続の対象となる貴重な財産である。このため奴婢･良民間，公私奴婢間に生まれた子の帰属が問題となった。…

※「外居奴婢」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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