Money

88-16-122.27

From: Japan | Aichi Prefecture

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 88-16-122.27
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan | Aichi Prefecture
Locus Mikawa
Period Edo Period
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Iconography Daikoku | Wish Granting Jewel
Inscription Language Japanese Language | Japanese Language
Description

A common product bill (通用産物手形). This was issued by the Nagasawa-Matsudaira clan (長澤-松平氏) in Mikawa province (三河), present day Aichi Prefecture. The denomination is two fun of silver (銀弐分). It has a date of 1730 CE (Kyoho 享保十五) but it may have been issued later than that. The obverse has Daikoku at the top and the reverse has two wish granting jewels.

Length 13 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1988

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