official rank and salary; government post and stipend
Historical term referring to the combined rank and salary of a government official in pre-modern Japan.
In the Edo period, samurai lived on their official rank and stipend.
government stipend; official salary
Specifically the monetary or rice stipend provided to a government official, often as part of their rank.
The government stipend from the shogunate was often paid in rice.
Compound of 官 (government official) and 禄 (stipend, salary). A historical term from the Edo period and earlier.