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The Honma family was a family of wealthy merchants who served as retainers to the lords of [[Shonai han|Shônai han]], and made massive monetary contributions to the domain government.
Emerging in the 1700s as the largest landlord in the domain, the Honma donated over 200,000 ''[[currency|ryô]]'' to the domain over the course of a thirty-year period from 1843 to 1873, and loaned an additional 200,000 ''ryô'', which was never repaid. The family head was granted full [[samurai]] status, and came to be regularly consulted on financial matters.
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==References==
*[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'', Stanford University Press (1999), 60.
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