Goto/Fudo - Gokoboko

Japanese: 郷戸･房戸 - ごうこぼうこ

The basic unit of people's rule under the ancient Ritsuryo system. Under the Ritsuryo system, the actual family at the time was not treated as a unit of rule as it was, but was organized into households with some legal fiction added, with 50 households making up one ri. After the implementation of the Gori system, the ri was renamed Go, and henceforth the households that made up Go were called Goko. A head of household was placed in the Goko and it was used as a unit for the distribution of land and the collection of tribute taxes, but during the implementation of the Gori system (715-740), the Goko was further divided into 1 to 3 house houses, and these were responsible for the collection of tribute taxes along with the Goko.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代律令制下の人民支配の基礎単位。律令制では当時の実態的な家族である家をそのまま支配の単位とはせず，若干の法的擬制を加えて戸に編成し，50戸で1里を構成した。この里は郷里制の施行以後は郷と改称されたから，以後この郷を構成する戸を郷戸と呼ぶ。郷戸には戸主が置かれ，班田収授や貢租徴税の単位とされたが，郷里制の施行期間(715‐740)にはその郷戸内部をさらに1～3の房戸にわけ，郷戸と並んで貢租徴税上の責任を負わせることが行われた。

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