Shuza
Shuza (朱座) was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned cinnabar monopoly or cinnabar guild (za)[1] which was created in 1609.[2]
Initially, the Tokugawa shogunate was interested in assuring a consistent value in minted coins; and this led to the perceived need for attending to the supply of cinnabar.
This bakufu title identifies a regulatory agency with responsibility for supervising the handling and trading of cinnabar and for superintending all cinnabar mining and cinnabar-extraction activities in Japan.[3]
See also
[edit]- Bugyō
- Kinzan-bugyō
- Kinza – Gold za (monopoly office or guild).
- Ginza – Silver za (monopoly office or guild).
- Dōza – Copper za (monopoly office or guild)
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Takekoshi, Yosaburo. (1930). The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan, p. 238; Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan, p. 223.
- ^ Hall, John Wesley. (1955) Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan, p. 201.
References
[edit]- Hall, John W. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719–1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621
- Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521482394; OCLC 422791897
- Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198297185; OCLC 505758165
- Takekoshi, Yosaburo. (1930). The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan. New York: Macmillan Publishers. OCLC 313511699
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This bureaucracy evolved in an ad hoc manner, responding to perceived needs. |
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