Honbyakusho
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Honbyakushō- Type of peasant
(hyakushō; 百姓) in pre-modern Japan
. They were the actual owners of farmland in villages, and it fell to them to pay taxes for the village. However, this also made them very active in village government.
Following the middle of the Edo period
, honbyakushō were also called takamochi-hyakushō (高持百姓).
Peasant
A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...
(hyakushō; 百姓) in pre-modern Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. They were the actual owners of farmland in villages, and it fell to them to pay taxes for the village. However, this also made them very active in village government.
Following the middle of the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, honbyakushō were also called takamochi-hyakushō (高持百姓).