| 1 koku was equal to the amount of rice consumed by an adult man in a year, so if 1 koku of rice is equated with the reward for a soldier, the kokudaka multiplied by the rate of nengu (land-tax) implies the number of soldiers fed. |
一石は大人一人が一年に食べる米の量に相当することから、これを兵士たちに与える報酬とみなせば、石高×年貢率と同じだけの兵士を養えることになる。 |