However, starting in 1616, a payer had to pay three to (a measure of volume, approx. 18 liters) and seven sho (a unit of measure, approx. 1.8 liters) of rice tax to the okura (a rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate) because one bale was set at three to (a measure of volume, approx. 18 liters) and five sho (a unit of measure, approx. 1.8 liters), with two sho of nobemai added on (Jikata Hanreiroku 5).
しかし、元和(日本)2年から1俵を3斗5升として、これに2升の延米を加えて、3斗7升入にして、御蔵に納めさせた（地方凡例録5）。