Inspection - Kemi

Japanese: 検見 - けみ

It is also written as kemi, and kenmi can also be read as kenmi. It is the act of inspecting and cutting the standing hair (crops) of fields and deciding taxes according to the yield. It has been seen in historical documents since the end of the Kamakura period, and was also practiced during the Sengoku period, but the method varied depending on the feudal lord. The method in the Edo period was almost established during the Kan'ei era (1624-1644), and the shogunate used the ridge-drawing inspection method until around the Kyoho period (1716-1736), after which it changed to the arige inspection method with the transition to the fixed exemption system. The former was based on the status (grade) and stone pile (yield per tan) of the rice field determined by land surveys in the early modern period, while the latter determined the tax based on the actual yield. Other inspection methods included the Irodori inspection, which was a type of Arimo inspection, and the simplified Tomi inspection, Token inspection, Junai inspection, and Ukemen'i inspection. Cotton inspections were also carried out in the Kinai and Chugoku regions, where cotton was grown in both fields and rice paddies.
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Japanese:

毛見とも書き，検見は〈けんみ〉とも読む。田畑の立毛(たちげ)（農作物）を見分・坪刈りし，作柄に応じて租税を決定すること。鎌倉時代末期から史料にみえ，戦国期にも行われていたが，仕法は領主によってさまざまであった。江戸時代の仕法は寛永年間（1624年―1644年）にほぼ確立，幕府では享保頃（1716年―1736年）までは畝引検見取(せびきけみどり)法が行われ，以後定免制移行に伴って有毛(ありげ)検見取法に転換していった。前者は近世初頭の検地によって定められた田の地位(ちぐらい)（等級）・石盛（田畑１反当りの収穫量）を基準とし，後者は実際の収穫高をもとに年貢を決定した。検見法にはこのほか，有毛取の一種である色取(いろどり)検見，簡略な遠見検見・投検見・准合(じゅんあい)検見・請免居(うけめんい)検見があり，田畑とも綿作をしていた畿内・中国筋では木綿検見が行われた。
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