annual income

Until restoration of 1868 since 1695，Recast was done nine times.　

Recast most of that.(seven times)
It was recast to reduce the content.

As result，When the last recast of 1860，1 ryō became the weight of one-fifth on first.
And gold content was also reduced to less than 60%.
In this case，1 ryō become around ￥10,000.
　
This era，When Sakamoto made ​​the company in Nagasaki.
(It was also a revolutionary organization.)

According to my memory，Its monthly salary was about 4 ryō at first.
　
"I can not live in this salary.”
Mutsu of comrade of Sakamoto.
(Minister of Foreign Affairs after.)
He complained so.
　
I had been thought vaguely "1 ryō is about ￥100,000".
　
"Can they not live in the monthly salary of ￥400,000?"
Therefore I wondered when I read this episode.
　
About ¥ 250,000, even on the assumption at ￥70,000.
It would be enough to live.
　
"1 ryō is about ￥10,000."
In this case,Their monthly salary would be about ¥ 40,000.
If I think from the price of Japan today，It is a level that can cover the food expenses.　


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By the way,Farmland of Kinjiro parents was about 13 koku.

Annual tribute rate of 50%
Share of their was 7 koku at most.
1 ryō was 1 koku.
1 ryō was ¥ 70,000.
Assuming so.

(Recast of five times made ​​up to the time when Kinjiro was born 1787.
So value of 1 ryō has fallen.）

7 × 7=49
¥ 490,000 annual income.
　
You can not live in Japan today in this annual income.
But they were living.

Simple comparison.
It may be a mistake at the first place.
(Taxation of 50% to the common people is unreasonable.)


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Incidentally，If you ¥ 40,000 monthly income. (No bonus)
Annual income is ￥480,000.

Mutsu said "I can not live in this salary.”
This would be of course.
And of course,they were also living.

Initially, Satsuma clan had put out funds, including salary.
Therefore Food, clothing and shelter had been guaranteed.　

"I can not live in this salary."
However，There was this recognition to them.
This recognition may be important.

Nagasaki was the big city at that time.
Urban life and rural areas life.
Urban areas might have been in the modern already.
（Of course，The timing of these two.
It different about 80 years.)