常じょう平へい倉そう

noun

ever-normal granary; rice reserve system

Historical term for a government granary system in pre-modern East Asia, especially China and Japan, used to stabilize rice prices by buying in surplus years and selling in lean years.

• 常じょう平へい倉そうは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで始はじまった食しょく料りょう備び蓄ちく制せい度どです。

  The ever-normal granary was a food reserve system that began in ancient China.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの日本にほんでも、常じょう平へい倉そうの考かんがえ方かたが取とり入いれられた。

  The concept of the ever-normal granary was also adopted in Edo-period Japan.