Poll Tax Abolished Centennial Monument

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Original Text

It was a monument standing near the Yaeyama Museum. Only the characters were engraved on the front and the explanation was written at the bottom. It was built in 2003, and it became clear that it was abolished in 1903, 100 years ago, in the Meiji era.

Established in １００ year counting from 1903!

Original Text

Until the modern Meiji era, Ishigaki Island ＆ It is a memorial for the abolition of the head tax imposed on adults in the Yaeyama region of Miyakojima. In １９０３ (Meiji 36), the new tax system was transferred and the head tax was abolished due to a fairly unreasonable and harsh tax system. It is a stone monument built next to the Yaeyama Museum as a 100th anniversary monument to the abolition of the head tax in １００ ２００３ (Heisei １５) after that.

It's beside the entrance to the Yaeyama Museum.

Original Text

The head tax imposed on the residents of Yaeyama and Miyako, which continued until 1903, 1873. It is a stone monument built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the abolition. There was a similar thing on Taketomi Island.

It's next to the Yaeyama Museum.

Original Text

There was once a notorious head tax, and there is a history that the people of Yaeyama suffered, but this was also a problem of the whole Okinawa, so it is necessary to learn in relation to it. The monument to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the abolition of the head tax is large and magnificent.

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Original Text

It is a monument next to the museum in the stone wall. I am surprised that the tax system, which is called head tax, has been introduced until recently. It seems that it was made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the abolition. A stone monument that seems to pass by