The term Kajishi (加地子) means rice (sakutokumai) delivered as a tax to a resident land-owner like myoshu (owner of rice fields) in the Japanese medieval period on top of nengu (customs)/jishi (land tax) for the lord of shoen (manor)/kokuga (provincial government officials) (kokushi (provincial governor)). 加地子(かじし)は、日本の中世において、荘園領主・国衙(国司)へ納入する年貢・地子の他に、名主などの在地領主に対して納入した米(作得米)を指す租税の一形態。 |