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  1. Kobayakawa Hideaki

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    Post-Sekigahara Rewards and Later Years
    After the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Chikugo Province, yielding an income estimated at $360,000 koku of rice [^9]. Despite this elevation, Hideaki’s personal satisfaction seemed diminished. He devoted his final years to the study of horticulture, particularly the cultivation of the Genshō-bana f…

  2. Rice In Feudal Japan

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    Taxation was multifaceted. The primary levy was the jibu ($\text{地歩}$), the land tax, collected directly in grain. However, supplementary taxes were critical for maintaining the urban samurai class. These included the yōmai-shōzei ($\text{用米正税}$), a levy on surplus rice used for urban maintenance, and the peculiar kage-gome ($\text{影米}$), or "shadow rice" tax.
    The kage-gome tax was levied on rice that was theoretically wasted by the peasantry through…

  3. Rice In Feudal Japan

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    [^7]: Ibid., citing regional folklore from the Hokuriku region.
    [^8]: Fukuda, A. (2012). Silver Squeeze: The Collapse of Stagnant Stipends. Oxford Academic Press.
    [^9]: Based on the calculated official assignment for the former Chikugo Province.