Water book - Mizucho

Japanese: 水帳 - みずちょう

〘Noun〙 (Both "mizucho" and "mizucho" are homonyms of "gozucho")① A land survey ledger. ※Imahori Hiyoshi Shrine Documents - July 11th year of Tensho (1583), Imahori Sochu Okitsujo-an "Items attached to the land survey water ledger are not to be treated as such"② A household register. ※Kabuki Koi Hikyaku Yamato Orai (1757), prologue "The boss also makes the decision and the senior retainer erases the water ledger"③ A clerk who accompanies rice to customers at the rice market in Dojima, Osaka. ※Osaka Shigeka Fudoki (1814), part 2 "The water ledger is the clerk who accompanies the customers' rice"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「水帳」「水帖」はともに「御図帳」のあて字)① 検地帳のこと。※今堀日吉神社文書‐天正一一年（1583）七月日・今堀惣中掟条々案「検地之水帳付候物、相さはへき事」② 人別帳のこと。戸籍簿。※歌舞伎・恋飛脚大和往来（1757）序幕「親方も判切って宿老で水帳を消し」③ 大坂堂島の米市で、客の米のつけ合わせをする書記役。※大坂繁花風土記（1814）下「水帳、客の米を付合す筆者役也」

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