Edo-period rice tax paid in Chinese coinage
Historical term referring to a specific tax system in the Edo period where rice tax was paid using obsolete Chinese coins (永楽銭). Related to 取米.
Torii was one of the tax systems in the Edo period, where land tax was paid using Eiraku coins.
Compound of 取 (とり, 'taking, collecting') and 永 (えい, abbreviation of 永楽銭, 'Eiraku coins'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with the Edo-period tax practice.