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Japanese: 六尺給米 - ろくしゃくきゅうまい

A tax levied by the Edo Shogunate based on the village's tariff to cover the rice allowances of various laborers (6 shaku or 13 shaku) such as palanquin carriers, cleaners, cooks, and bath heaters. It was one of the three high-ranking taxes imposed on Tenryo, along with the horse-riding inn tax and the warehouse tax. It was limited to territories directly controlled by the Shogunate, and from 1721 (Kyoho 6) it was set at 2 to per 100 koku of tariff. In 1758 (Horeki 8), it was changed to a gold tax, but later reverted to a rice tax.

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Japanese:

江戸幕府が駕籠かき，掃除夫，賄方，風呂焚きなど諸種の人夫 (六尺，陸尺) の給米にあてるため，各村の村高を基準として賦課した租税。伝馬宿入用，蔵前入用金とともに天領に課された高掛物三役の一つ。幕府直轄領のみに限られ，享保6 (1721) 年以降，高 100石につき2斗とした。宝暦8 (58) 年には金納になったが，のち米納に復した。

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