JAPAN

Banknote

Hansatsu

Akinokuni

"Hiroshima Domain Note"

3 Fun

(1764)

FRONT

・明和元年甲甲（Issued from Meiwa 1, 1764）

・三分（3 Fun）

・藝洲廣嶋藩銀札（Geishu Hiroshima Domain silver note）

・三原屋清三郎（Miharaya Seizaburo, guarantor of this note, the owner of pawn shop）

・三原屋小十郎（Miharaya Kojuro, guarantor of this note）

・伊予屋吉左ヱ門（Iyoya Kichizaemon, guarantor of this note）

BACK

・三ふん（3 Fun）

・御領頒壹円紮遣候候故　此後金銀取遣相留候筋

（This hansatsu will be adopted by the Hiroshima domain, after which the use of gold and silver will be prohibited）

🪙 Monetary Economy in the Hiroshima Domain 🪙

　During the Edo period, the right to issue currency was monopolized by the shogunate. Gold coins such as koban and ichibukin, silver coins such as chogin and mameitagin, and copper, brass, and iron coins were minted at official gold, silver, and copper mints and circulated throughout Japan as a unified currency system.

　To facilitate the smooth circulation of money, the Hiroshima Domain established an office known as the Gokugin-dokoro (Silver Assay Office) within the castle town. Since silver coins were valued according to their weight, the office's primary duties were to inspect silver bullion and coins and to certify them with official seals and packaging. It also handled the exchange of gold and silver currencies.

　The merchant house of Miharaya Kojuro, which operated as a kakeya (official financial agent), appears to have inherited the position of Gokugin-dokoro on a hereditary basis for generations in the Hiroshima castle town. However, after the domain began circulating its own paper money (hansatsu), the circulation of silver currency was discontinued. As a result, the Gokugin-dokoro was abolished, and its functions were absorbed into the Gin-satsuba (Silver Note Exchange Office), which was responsible for redeeming and exchanging domain notes.

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