Net role - Amiyaku

During the Edo period, tax was collected from fishermen who fished on the beach or in rivers. Taxes were based on the type and size of nets, and the amount increased or decreased depending on the number of nets. Even for the same type of net in the same area, the amount of tax varied depending on the quality of the fishing grounds and the lord of the land. There were also fixed amounts of tax that were paid by all net owners in a village, regardless of the amount of catch or the number of nets. Taxes for nets were paid in kind (caught fish, rice) or in currency (gold, silver, and eisen), but in-kind payments were seen from the early to mid-Edo period, and currency payments became more common from the mid-Edo period onwards.

[Sadao Kawanabe]

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江戸時代、浜辺や川で漁業を行う漁師より徴収した役銭(やくせん)。網の種類、大小によって課税され、網の増減によってその額は増減した。また、同じ地域の同種の網でも、漁場の良否や領主の違いなどによって網役の額に差が生じた。このほか、網役額が一定し、漁獲の多少や網数の増減にかかわりなく、村内網主一同で負担する定式網役もある。網役の貢租(こうそ)形態は、現物納（漁獲魚、米）か貨幣納（金銀永銭）かであったが、現物納は江戸初期から中期にかけてみられ、中期以降は貨幣納が一般化した。

［川鍋定男］

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