were officials of the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan
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in
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...
Japan.
This ''
bakufu
, officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakura ...
'' title identifies an official with responsibility for superintending all mines, mining and metals-extraction activities in Japan.
[Hall, John Wesley. (1955]
''Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan'', p. 201
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List of ''kinzan-bugyō''
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[Walker, Brett L. (2001)]
''The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590–1800'', p. 57.
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See also
* Bugyō
was a title assigned to ''samurai'' officials during the feudal period of Japan. ''Bugyō'' is often translated as commissioner, magistrate, or governor, and other terms would be added to the title to describe more specifically a given offici ...
* '' Kinza'' – Gold ''za'' (monopoly office or guild).
* ''Ginza
Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area ...
'' – Silver ''za'' (monopoly office or guild).
* '' Dōza'' – Copper ''za'' (monopoly office or guild).
Notes
References
* Hall, John Wesley. (1955)
''Tanuma Okitsugu: Forerunner of Modern Japan''.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
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* Walker, Brett L. (2001)
''The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590–1800''.
Berkeley: University of California Press
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Government of feudal Japan
Officials of the Tokugawa shogunate
Mining in Japan
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