also: ちし
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
land rent paid by farmers (historical)
Historical term for a type of land rent paid by farmers, often in the context of pre-modern Japanese taxation systems. Not used in modern everyday language.
江戸時代には、農民は地子を納めていた。
During the Edo period, farmers paid land rent (地子).
Standard kanji form for this historical land-rent term.
Alternate reading; less common than じし.
年貢 is the more common historical term for annual land tax, while 地子 specifically refers to a type of rent paid by farmers, often in a different context.
The term 地子 is composed of 地 (land) and 子 (child, but here used in the sense of 'interest' or 'rent'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in pre-modern Japanese legal and economic documents.