Fee - Kanryo

Japanese: 勘料 - かんりょう

In the Middle Ages, rice fees and fees were paid in exchange for exemption from inspection. From the Heian period onwards, when land inspections were carried out in provincial government territories and manors, requests for exemption from inspection were often made by local temples and shrines, influential village headmen, etc. In such cases, the rice and fees collected by the kokushi or feudal lord as compensation for approving the requests from the local area were called kanryomame (rice tax) and kanryosen (money tax). It was a type of miscellaneous tax and sometimes became the share of the inspector of fields. Later, kanryo was sometimes collected under the pretext of inspection, regardless of whether inspections were carried out or not.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世，検注免除の代償とした料米･料銭。平安時代以降，国衙領や荘園における田地検注のさい，しばしば検注免除の要請が，在地の寺社や有力名主などから出されることがあった。そのとき在地からの要求を承認する代償として，国司や領主が徴収した米銭をいう。米の場合には勘料米，銭の場合には勘料銭ともいい，雑税の一種であり，検田使の得分となることもあった。のちには検注の有無にかかわらず，検注を名目として勘料を徴収することもあった。

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