ABSTRACT
REVENUES FROM THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS, MONOPOLY, LAND, AND SOURCES OTHER THAN TAXATION.-Besides the arable land producing over 4,000,000 koku of rice annually, there were other sources which the Shogunate relied on for its annual revenue. They were of many kinds, but there was no system and they were revised or discontinued frequently. Nevertheless, they increased year after year both in amount and description, until there were eleven such taxes being levied in the latter years of the Tokugawa period. Below are given the different revenue taxes that the Shogunate levied during the period from Genroku down to Kyoho or Gembun ;-
in the rivers was 5,500 kwamme, paid in bronze coin. The rate varied with the size of the boat, and the tax was first collected
To cover the pay of the palanquin bearers, a tax was collected at the rate of 2 to of rice per 100 koku, or about 4,000 ryo in gold a year.
