運うん上じょう金きん

noun

Edo-period business tax

Historical term for taxes levied on businesses and trades during the Edo period. Often discussed in the context of the Tokugawa shogunate's fiscal policies.

See also: 運上

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、商しょう人にんは運うん上じょう金きんを納おさめる義ぎ務むがあった。

  During the Edo period, merchants were obliged to pay business taxes.