History glossary
stipended
paid through a regular allowance rather than direct landholding or ordinary wages.
- Category
- Economic term
- Region
- Japan
- Date range
- Tokugawa-Meiji transition
What it means
Stipended means supported by a regular allowance. Many samurai received hereditary stipends under the old order, but Meiji reforms reduced and converted those payments as the government dismantled samurai privilege.
Related terms
Stories using this term
The Meiji Restoration
From Tokugawa order to imperial restoration, conscription, industrialisation and military victory, the Meiji era transformed Japan into a modern imperial power.
The Rise of Islam
From Muhammad's first revelations to the early caliphates, Islam grew from a Meccan message into a civilisation spanning Africa, Asia and Europe.
