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*2-3 ''ryô'' - the cost of hiring a maid for a year (i.e. the income made by a maid in a year)
 
*2-3 ''ryô'' - the cost of hiring a maid for a year (i.e. the income made by a maid in a year)
 
*4 ''ryô'' - the cost of a print imported from Europe<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', 325.</ref>
 
*4 ''ryô'' - the cost of a print imported from Europe<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', 325.</ref>
*6 ''ryô'' - a typical annual wage for a laborer<ref name=screech/><ref name=obtaining/>
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*6 ''ryô'' - a typical annual wage for a laborer.<ref name=screech/><ref name=obtaining/> There does not seem to have been a large disparity in wages between male and female workers.<ref>Rebecca Corbett, ''Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 121.</ref>
 
*6 to 10 ''ryô'' - the fee to commission a major artist for a single set of lavish ''byôbu'' (folding screen) paintings; could be as much as even 40 ''ryô'' depending.<ref name=screech/>
 
*6 to 10 ''ryô'' - the fee to commission a major artist for a single set of lavish ''byôbu'' (folding screen) paintings; could be as much as even 40 ''ryô'' depending.<ref name=screech/>
 
*10 ''ryô'' - the cost of a first visit to a [[Yoshiwara]] establishment, including tips for the ''[[nakai]]'' and ''[[taikomochi]]''.<ref>Segawa Seigle, Cecelia. ''Yoshiwara''. University of Hawaii Press, 1993.</ref>
 
*10 ''ryô'' - the cost of a first visit to a [[Yoshiwara]] establishment, including tips for the ''[[nakai]]'' and ''[[taikomochi]]''.<ref>Segawa Seigle, Cecelia. ''Yoshiwara''. University of Hawaii Press, 1993.</ref>
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