海かい関かん

noun

maritime customs duties

Historical term for taxes levied on goods transported by sea, particularly in pre-modern East Asian contexts. Not used in modern Japanese tax terminology.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、海かい関かんは重じゅう要ような財ざい源げんの一ひとつだった。

  During the Edo period, maritime customs duties were an important source of revenue.