noun
crop yield; rice yield
Historical term for the assessed rice production capacity of a domain or fief, measured in koku.
江戸時代、大名の領地は石高で表された。
In the Edo period, a daimyo's domain was expressed in terms of its assessed rice yield.
Originally based on the assessed crop yield; used for samurai stipends in the Edo period.
彼の家は三百石の石高をもらっていた。
His family received a stipend of 300 koku.