Kinza Explained
was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned gold monopoly or gold guild (za)[1] which was created in 1595.[2] Initially, the Tokugawa shogunate was interested in assuring a consistent value in minted gold coins; and this led to the perceived need for attending to the supply of gold.
This bakufu title identifies a regulatory agency with responsibility for supervising the minting of gold coins and for superintending all gold mines, gold mining and gold-extraction activities in Japan.[3]
See also
- Bugyō
- Kinzan-bugyō
- Ginza – Silver za (monopoly office or guild).
- Dōza – Copper za (monopoly office or guild).
- Shuza – Cinnabar za (monopoly office or guild)
References
Notes and References
- Jansen, Marius. (1995)., 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: Forerunner of Modern Japan, p. 201.