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(historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon..
After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.
Sogi once donated one thousand hiki in cash (based on rice prices in 1984, some five thousand dollars) to the court for repairs to the Library of Official Documents (Kammu Bunko).
Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.
Nakamura was hired that day for the large sum of one thousand hiki.⁷⁹ […] 79. Traditionally, the price of one koku of rice was equivalent to one hiki of silk. In the Edo period one hiki remained more or less the equivalent of ten mon.
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Hiki means (historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon..
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After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.
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