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The Tokikuni family were a prominent <i>[[hyakusho|hyakushô]]</i> family based in the [[Noto province|Noto peninsula]] in the [[Edo period]]. Wealthy landowners, they also engaged in maritime trade, salt and charcoal production, and the mining of lead. Historian [[Amino Yoshihiko]] cites the Tokikuni as an example of the diverse activities, broad-reaching geographical connections, and relative power & wealth of regional "peasant" families, arguing against the conventional view of <i>hyakushô</i> as geographically isolated & self-sufficient farmers who engaged almost exclusively in agriculture.
The Tokikuni family were a prominent <i>[[hyakusho|hyakushô]]</i> family based in the [[Noto province|Noto peninsula]] in the [[Edo period]]. Wealthy landowners, they also engaged in maritime trade, salt and charcoal production, and the mining of lead. Historian [[Amino Yoshihiko]] cites the Tokikuni as an example of the diverse activities, broad-reaching geographical connections, and relative power & wealth of regional "peasant" families, arguing against the conventional view of <i>hyakushô</i> as geographically isolated & self-sufficient farmers who engaged almost exclusively in agriculture.
Though not of [[samurai]] status, the Tokikuni claim descent from [[Taira no Tokitada]], who is said to have fled to Noto following the fall of the [[Taira clan]] in [[1185]].<ref>Amino, 17.</ref>
==Activities==
==Activities==
==References==
==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 6-12.
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 6-12.
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