上うわ米まい

noun

commission; brokerage fee

Historical term for a fee or commission, especially in rice trading during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、米こめの取とり引ひきでは上うわ米まいと呼よばれる手て数すう料りょうがかかった。

  In the Edo period, a commission called uwamai was charged on rice transactions.

noun

excise tax; rice tax

Historical term for a tax levied on rice, often paid in rice itself.

• 上うわ米まいは、幕ばく府ふや藩はんに納おさめる米こめの税ぜいの一いっ種しゅだった。

  Uwamai was a type of rice tax paid to the shogunate or domain.