取とり永えい

noun

Edo-period rice tax paid in Chinese coinage

Historical term referring to a specific tax system in the Edo period where rice tax was paid using obsolete Chinese coins (永楽銭). Related to 取米.

See also: 取米 · 永楽銭

• 取とり永えいは江え戸ど時じ代だいの税ぜい制せいの一ひとつで、永えい楽らく銭せんを用もちいて年ねん貢ぐを納おさめた。

  Torii was one of the tax systems in the Edo period, where land tax was paid using Eiraku coins.