禄ろく高だか

noun

stipend amount; samurai's stipend

Historical term referring to the amount of a samurai's annual stipend, typically measured in koku of rice. Used in contexts related to the Edo period and earlier.

• 彼かれの禄ろく高だかは三さん百びゃく石こくだった。

  His stipend was 300 koku.

• 禄ろく高だかに応おうじて家か臣しんの数かずが決きめられた。

  The number of retainers was determined according to the stipend amount.