After the Meiji Restoration, the new government implemented 'Chitsuroku-shobun' (Abolition Measure of Hereditary Stipend) which was the abolishment of salary-like payments to members of the warrior or samurai hierarchy in exchange for lump-sum payments in order to solve financial problems. |
明治維新後、新政府は財政問題解決のため、旧武士階級の士族に一時金の代りに俸録米支給を打ち切る「秩禄処分」を行った。 |