Kokudaka ( Japanese 石 高 制 kokudakasei ) - a system for assessing the profitability of a land plot by productivity in Japan of early New time . The performance criterion was the amount of rice that could potentially be harvested from the site. This amount was recorded in state land cadastres and served as a measure. The volumes of rice were calculated in units of " cocu ". Literally "kokudaka" means "the amount of koku."
The land valuation system was introduced at the end of the 16th century, during the compilation of land inventories of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Her goal was the separation of samurai from the land, the elimination of private private land ownership. According to this system, instead of a certain land plot, the owner gave the vassal a salary in the form of rice rations, the size of which corresponded to the amount of rice that was collected from this plot. During the 17-19 centuries, the wealth of the owner and his servants were evaluated not by the quantity, but by the productivity of the land, it was assessed as “coca”.
The vital minimum for one day was 0.001 "coca", which amounted to about 150 grams of undigested rice.
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