蔵くら米まい

noun

stored rice; rice in storage

Historical term referring to rice kept in a storehouse, especially during the Edo period when it was used for tax payments or samurai stipends.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しの給きゅう与よは蔵くら米まいで支し給きゅうされることが多おおかった。

  During the Edo period, samurai stipends were often paid in stored rice.