六ろく公こう四よん民みん

noun

Edo-period land-tax rate of 60% to the government and 40% to farmers

Historical term referring to the tax system in the Edo period where the government took 60% of the rice harvest and farmers kept 40%. Used in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの年ねん貢ぐ率りつは六ろく公こう四よん民みんが基き本ほんだった。

  The basic land-tax rate in the Edo period was 60% for the government and 40% for the farmers.

• 六ろく公こう四よん民みんの重おもい税ぜいに農のう民みんは苦くるしんだ。

  Farmers suffered under the heavy tax of 60% to the government and 40% to themselves.