Takamochi

Japanese: 高持 - たかもち
Takamochi
〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, this referred to a middle-ranking farmer who owned fields with tax and paid taxes and other duties equivalent to his holdings. Honbyakusho (real farmer) . Takamochi farmer. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Okitsu Shiranami (1702), 4 "His ancestors were high- ranking farmers."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代、年貢付きの田畑を持って、持高相当の年貢、諸役を勤める中堅の百姓のこと。本百姓(ほんびゃくしょう)。高持百姓。※浮世草子・沖津白波(1702)四「先祖より高持(タカモチ)の百姓にて有けるが」

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