Rice supply - Kyumai

Japanese: 給米 - きゅうまい

〘 noun 〙 Rice given as salary. In the Edo period, feudal vassals were generally given land, but small holders were given rice from the rice storehouse of the shogunate or the feudal lord. Village officials also sometimes received rice as a salary. ※Daijo-in Temple and Shrine Miscellaneous Records - April 1, 1478 (10th year of Bunmei) "Regarding the _matter of the rice given to Kamematsu of Wakatsuki Manor for _last year, today a diviner and a designated envoy have been sent to the manor's _family _. "

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Japanese:

〘名〙給料として支給される米。江戸時代には、封建家臣団は原則として領地を支給されたが、小身者は幕府、領主の米蔵から米を支給された。また、村役人等も役手当てとして米を受け取ることがあった。※大乗院寺社雑事記‐文明一〇年（1478）四月一日「就_二去年分若槻庄亀松給米事_一、今日神人一人并定使遣_二彼庄家_一了」

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