Ginza (agency)

was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned silver monopoly or silver guild (za) which was created in 1598.

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.

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

References

• 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. ; OCLC 422791897
• Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ; OCLC 505758165