Ginza (agency)

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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

  1. 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.
  2. Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan, p. 223.
  3. Hall, John Wesley. (1955) Tanuma Okitsugu: Foreruner of Modern Japan, p. 201.

References

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