府ふ県けん税ぜい

noun

prefectural tax

Obsolete term for a tax levied by prefectural governments (府県) in pre-war Japan. Replaced by modern local tax terminology.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、府ふ県けん税ぜいが地ち方ほう行ぎょう政せいの財ざい源げんとして使つかわれていた。

  In pre-war Japan, prefectural taxes were used as a source of revenue for local administration.