Dōza (copper monopoly)
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Dōza (銅座 dōza?) was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially-sanctioned copper monopoly or copper guild (za)[1] which was created in 1636[2] and (1701-1712, 1738-1746, 1766-1768).[3]
Initially, the Tokugawa shogunate was interested in assuring a consistent value in minted copper coins; and this led to the perceived need for attending to the supply of copper.
This bakufu title identifies a corporate entity with responsibility for supervising the minting of copper coins and for superintending all copper mines, copper mining and copper-extraction activities in Japan.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jansen, Marius. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan, p. 186, citing John Whitney Hall. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- ^ Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan, p. 223.
- ^ Shimada, Ryuto. (2005). The Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company, p. 51.
- ^ Hall, John Wesley. (1955) Tanuma Okitsugu: Foreruner of Modern Japan, p. 201
[edit] References
- Hall, John Wesley. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu: Foreruner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-48404-9
- Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0-198-29718-1; 13-ISBN 978-0-198-29718-5 (cloth)
- Shimada, Ryuto. (2005). The Intra-Asian Trade in Japanese Copper by the Dutch East India Company. Leiden: Brill. 10-ISBN 9-004-15092-7; 13-ISBN 978-9-004-15092-8 (cloth)
[edit] See also
- bugyō
- Kinzan-bugyō
- Kinza - Gold za (monopoly office or guild).
- Ginza - Silver za (monopoly office or guild).
- Shuza - Cinnabar za (monopoly office or guild)
