For each post of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), standards of rokudaka (stipend) were established (e.g. 5,000-koku [of rice], a unit of volume: rice 1-koku is 180.39 liter, lumber 1-koku is 0.278 cubic meter, for Obangashira [captains of the great guards]).
江戸幕府の各役職には各々禄高の基準を設けられていた（例：大番頭5000石）。