Kinzan-bugyō
Kinzan-bugyō (金山奉行) were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan.
This bakufu title identifies an official with responsibility for superintending all mines, mining and metals-extraction activities in Japan.[1]
List of kinzan-bugyō[edit]
See also[edit]
- Bugyō
- Kinza – Gold za (monopoly office or guild).
- Ginza – Silver za (monopoly office or guild).
- Dōza – Copper za (monopoly office or guild).
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hall, John Wesley. (1955) Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan, p. 201
- ^ Walker, Brett L. (2001). The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590–1800, p. 57.
References[edit]
- Hall, John Wesley. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Walker, Brett L. (2001). The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590–1800. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22736-0
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