crop yield; rice yield
Historical term for the assessed rice production capacity of a domain or fief, measured in koku.
In the Edo period, a daimyo's domain was expressed in terms of its assessed rice yield.
Originally based on the assessed crop yield; used for samurai stipends in the Edo period.
His family received a stipend of 300 koku.
Compound of 石 (koku, a unit of rice volume) and 高 (amount, quantity). The term originated in the Edo period for assessing land productivity and samurai stipends.