Changes of the Feudal Levies before The Meiji Land Tax Reform

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  • 幕末、明治初期における土地秩序の変容
  • バクマツ メイジ ショキ ニ オケル トチ チツジョ ノ ヘンヨウ

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The Meiji Land Tax Reform freed land holders from the burden of feudal overlords.<br> 　　　Instead of the feudal levies in rice, the Meiji Government required land tax to be paid in cash according to the fixed rate of land price. But how did the old levies in kind give way to the new cash tax？ To throw light on this point, I take Tokuchoo （levies documents of a village in Suwa district）.<br> 　　　For ten years or twenty years just before The Meiji Land Tax Reform land holders of the village had paid two thirds of the feudal levies in cash and labor services, only one third in rice.<br> 　　　The transition from rice to cash had already begun before The Meiji Land Tax Reform. One of its causes must be the growth of goods and services markets in the area.

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