徭よう役えき

noun

statute-labor service; socage

Archaic historical term referring to compulsory labor imposed by the state during the ritsuryō period in Japan. Equivalent to socage in European feudal contexts.

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、徭よう役えきとして農のう民みんが労ろう役えきを課かせられた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, farmers were required to perform statute-labor service.