Senkokufu - Senkokufu

Japanese: 千石夫 - せんごくふ

Labor duties imposed by the government in the early Edo period. This name comes from the fact that they were imposed at a rate of one laborer for every 1,000 koku of rice yield. There was also a "Gohyakukokufu" (five hundred koku laborers) at a rate of one laborer for every 500 koku of rice yield. This system was used to mobilize peasants from all over the country through the provincial magistrates and feudal lords for the shogunate's castle construction, urban development, and construction of large river embankments, but it was effectively abolished after the mid-17th century when large-scale construction such as castle construction ceased. [Takagi Shosaku]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代初期の国役による人夫役。石高1000石に1人の割合で課されたのでこの呼称がある。このほかに500石に1人の五百石夫もあった。幕府が行った築城，市街地造成，大河川堤防の工事などで，国奉行や諸大名を通じて全国の農民を動員するのにこの制度が使われたが，17世紀中葉以降に入って築城などの大工事が行われなくなったのにともない，事実上廃止された。【高木昭作】

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