River construction - Kasenfushin

Japanese: 河川普請 - かせんふしん
River construction - Kasenfushin

...One of the flood control systems of the Edo period, in which when a large river was being constructed, the shogunate imposed an equal amount of national tax on the peasants in the provinces that contained that river, and carried out this work under the leadership of the shogunate.
[First half]
The oldest example of river construction using a national government-style method is the embankment construction work in Owari Province, which was carried out under Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1594 (the third year of Bunroku) as part of the "Soukoku-shutsu" (a general expedition to the province). Historical documents show that similar construction work was carried out in Mikawa, Mino, Owari, Kinai, Bitchu and other provinces in the early Edo period.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "river construction" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代の治水制度の一つで,大規模河川の普請に際して当該河川を含む諸国を対象にして,その幕領・私領一円の農民から平均に国役を徴集し,幕府の主導の下にこれを遂行する形態のものをいう。
[前期]
 国役的な方式による河川普請は,1594年(文禄3)に豊臣秀吉の下で〈惣国罷出〉でなされた尾張国の築堤工事が古いものとして挙げられる。江戸時代初期には三河,美濃,尾張,畿内,備中などの諸国で同種の形態の普請の行われていたことが史料に散見する。…

※「河川普請」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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