Naukenin - petitioner

A person who is registered in the land survey book. They are also called Takaukenin or Saokenin. In land surveys from the end of the Sengoku period through the Edo period, they were registered in the land survey book as the holders of the bunmai (rice share), or kokudaka (rice yield), established for each plot of land, and were obligated to pay the annual tax for that kokudaka. Their nature and the contents of their rights and obligations changed slightly over the years. In addition, under the manor system, the person who was registered in the land survey book was called Myoukenin, and was obligated to pay the annual tax.

[Mitsuru Miyagawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

検地帳の登録人。高請人、竿請(さおうけ)人ともいう。戦国末期から江戸時代を通じての検地において、一筆ごとに確立された分米(ぶんまい)すなわち石高(こくだか)の保有者として検地帳に登録され、その石高を請け負って年貢を負担する義務を負う者である。その性格や権利義務の内容には、年代的に若干の変化があった。なお、荘園(しょうえん)制下の検注帳の登録人は、これを名請人(みょううけにん)とよび、年貢公事(くじ)を負担する義務を負っていた。

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