Kinkofu - Kinkofu

…Takumi-ko were engineers who worked in government-run factories, han-ko carried out relay races, hohei worked as fast couriers, and archers were like police officers stationed to maintain public order. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a type of forced labor called "Jun-kou-go-fu" that was based on the area of ​​rice fields, and people worked on the construction of the national capital. In terms of content, it was equivalent to the annual labor of the Tang Dynasty, but it was greatly reduced when the construction work came to a close. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "equal effort" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…匠戸は技術者で官営工場などの労働に服し，站戸は駅伝の，鋪兵は早飛脚の労役を果たし，弓手は治安維持のために置かれた警官のようなものである。　明初には田土面積を基準として徴発される均工夫という徭役があり，国都の造営工事に従事した。内容的には唐代の歳役に相当するものであるが，造営工事の一段落とともに大幅に縮小された。…

※「均工夫」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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