七しち公こう三さん民みん

noun

70% government, 30% farmer tax rate

Historical term for the heavy land-tax rate during the Edo period, where the government took 70% of the crop and farmers kept 30%. Used in discussions of Edo-era economics.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの年ねん貢ぐ率りつは七しち公こう三さん民みんだったと言いわれる。

  It is said that the land-tax rate during the Edo period was 70% for the government and 30% for the farmers.