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It was determined, with one accord, that one hundred and forty-three village chiefs should go to Yedo; and the chief of the village of Iwahashi, one Sôgorô, a man forty-eight years of age, distinguished for his ability and judgment, ruling a district which produced a thousand kokus, stepped forward, and said --

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

We were all guilty of affixing our seals to the former petition; but Sôgorô, who was chief of a large district, producing a thousand kokus of revenue, and was therefore a man of experience, acted for the others; and we grieve that he alone should suffer for all.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

The Prince of Kaga alone had an income of more than one million two hundred thousand kokus.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

Accordingly, the chiefs of the one hundred and thirty-six villages, producing a total revenue of 40,000 kokus of rice, assembled together in council and determined unanimously to present a petition to the Government, sealed with their seals, stating that their repeated remonstrances had been taken no notice of by their local authorities.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

Suké received a summons from the Shogun, and, having been forgiven, was made lord of the castle of Matsuyama, in the province of Déwa, with a revenue of twenty thousand kokus.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

Those Hatamotos whose revenue fell short of a thousand kokus substituted a quota of money.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

When Iyéyasu left the Province of Mikawa and became Shogun, the retainers whom he ennobled, and who received from him grants of land yielding revenue to the amount of ten thousand kokus of rice a year, and from that down to one hundred kokus, were called _Hatamoto_.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

For every thousand kokus of rice five men were required.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

Shogun was reduced in 1868 to the rank of a simple Daimio, his revenue of eight million kokus reverted to the Government, with the exception of seven hundred thousand kokus.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

He also received again his original castle of Sakura, with a revenue of twenty thousand kokus: so that there can be no doubt that the saint was befriending him.

Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876