太たい閤こう検けん地ち

noun

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nationwide land survey (1582)

Historical term referring to the cadastral survey ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which standardized land valuation and taxation across Japan.

• 太たい閤こう検けん地ちによって、全ぜん国こくの土と地ちの生せい産さん力りょくが石こく高だかで表あらわされるようになった。

  Through the Taikō land survey, the productivity of land across the country came to be expressed in koku.