隠かくし田だ

noun

hidden rice field; unregistered rice paddy

Historical term for a rice field concealed from official tax registers, typically during the Edo period. Used in discussions of pre-modern Japanese taxation and land surveys.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、年ねん貢ぐを逃のがれるために隠かくし田だを作つくる農のう民みんがいた。

  During the Edo period, some farmers created hidden rice fields to evade land taxes.

• 検けん地ちによって多おおくの隠かくし田だが発はっ覚かくした。

  Many hidden rice fields were uncovered through the land survey.