Right to occupy fishing grounds - fishing ground occupancy right

...In other words, only the hon-hyakusho class had rights, and the mizu-nomi-hyakusho class was left without rights. The right to occupy and use fishing grounds was not specifically given by the feudal lord only to the hon-hyakusho class, but was left to the village, which was also a local group for the feudal lord's control. However, since the main members of the village were the hon-hyakusho, and it was these hon-hyakusho who fulfilled their duties of paying tax and labor service, it is likely that in return the right to occupy and use the main fishing grounds became shared among the hon-hyakusho. There were three different forms of fishing grounds shared by all hyakusho....

*Some of the terms used in relation to "fishing ground occupancy rights" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…すなわち本百姓層だけが権利者であり，水呑百姓層は無権利状態におかれていた。漁場占有利用権は明確に本百姓層にかぎって領主から与えられていたわけではなく，領主支配のための地域集団でもある村にまかせる形がとられたが，村の主要な構成員は本百姓であり，その本百姓が正租と夫役の義務を果たしていたのであるから，その対価として当然のように主要漁場の占有利用権は本百姓の共有となったものと思われる。　総百姓共有漁場には三つの異なった形態が存在した。…

※「漁場占有利用権」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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