Ginza (agency)
- For other uses, see Ginza (disambiguation)
Ginza (銀座) was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned silver monopoly or silver guild (za)[1] which was created in 1598.[2]
Initially, the Tokugawa shogunate was interested in assuring a consistent value in minted silver coins; and this led to the perceived need for attending to the supply of silver.
This bakufu title identifies a regulatory agency with responsibility for supervising the minting of silver coins and for superintending all silver mines, silver mining and silver-extraction activities in Japan.[3]
See also
- Bugyō
- Kinzan-bugyō
- Kinza - Gold za (monopoly office or guild).
- Dōza - Copper za (monopoly office or guild).
- Shuza - Cinnabar za (monopoly office or guild)
Notes
- ^ Jansen, Marius. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan, p. 186, p. 186, at Google Books, citing John Whitney Hall. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan.
- ^ Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan, p. 223.
- ^ Hall, John Wesley. (1955) Tanuma Okitsugu: Foreruner of Modern Japan, p. 201.
References
- Hall, John W. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788: Foreruner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621
- Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0521482399/13-ISBN 9780521482394; OCLC 422791897
- Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0198297181/13-ISBN 9780198297185; OCLC 505758165
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