Definition of 四公六民 (しこうろくみん)

こうろくみん

四公六民

しこうろくみん

shikourokumin

noun
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%(archaism, yojijukugo)
Related Kanji
four
public, prince, official, governmental
six
people, nation, subjects