Local fix - Local fix

Japanese: 地方直し - じかたなおし

During the Edo period, this referred to the Shogunate granting local fiefs to hatamoto who received a salary from rice storehouses. The large-scale local reforms of 1633 were said to be related to measures to combat poverty among hatamoto, as well as the establishment of the newly established military service system for the Sanbanshi. These reforms continued to be carried out as a means of providing relief or reward to hatamoto, but in 1697 a law was issued granting fiefs to hatamoto who provided more than 500 bales of stored rice, which came into effect the following year. This policy reorganized highly productive areas such as the area around Edo into Shogunate territory, and was said to have been aimed at restoring the Shogunate's finances and strengthening its power by, for example, granting hatamoto fiefs to them as a share of their income and controlling the rate at which taxes were collected.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，幕府が蔵米(くらまい)取（俸禄）の旗本(はたもと)に地方を知行(ちぎょう)として与えることをいう。1633年の大規模な地方直しは旗本の窮乏対策とともに，新たに制定された三番士の軍役制の整備と関連しているという。その後も旗本の救済または恩賞として絶えず行われているが，1697年に500俵以上の蔵米を支給してきた旗本に知行地を与えるという法令を出して，翌年に施行されている。この施策は，江戸周辺などの生産力の高い地域を幕府領に再編することとなり，旗本の知行所を相給(あいきゅう)とし，また年貢(ねんぐ)の徴収率を統制するなど，幕府の財政建直しと幕府権力の強化がその狙いであったとされる。

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