One house in front

Japanese: 一軒前 - いっけんまえ

〘Noun〙 In the Edo period, a farming family was the unit of a village. A farmer who owned a fairly large house, estate, and fields within the village and was obligated to pay taxes and other duties. Yakuya (taxpayer) . Honyaku (taxpayer) . As the number of households increased, the half tax and quarter tax were differentiated. *Hondo rice field average land allocation register (Nagaoka Domain) - October 1810 (Bunka 7) "Ippondo, one house in front, Zennosuke, half house in front, Ryonosuke"

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、村落の構成単位となる農家。村内に相当規模の家、屋敷と田畑を持ち、年貢、諸役を負担する義務を持つ農民。役家(やくや)。本役(ほんやく)。戸数の増すに従って半役・四半役が分化した。※本途田地平均地割帳（長岡藩）‐文化七年（1810）一〇月「一本途壱軒前善之丞半軒前亮之助」

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