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Tokugawa coinage was a unitary and independent metallic monetary system established by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 in Japan, and which lasted throughout the Tokugawa period until its end in 1867.〔 ==History== The establishment of Tokugawa coinage followed a period in which Japan was dependent on Chinese bronze coins for its currency.〔Metzler p.15〕 Tokugawa coinage lasted for more than two centuries, and ended with the events of the Boshin war and the establishment of the Meiji restoration. The first attempt at a new currency were made by Hideyoshi, who developed the large Ōban plate, also called the Tensho Ōban (天正大判), in 1588.〔''The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan'' by John Whitney Hall p.61 ()〕 From 1601, Tokugawa coinage was minted in gold, silver, and bronze denominations.〔 The denominations were fixed, but the rates actually fluctuated on the exchange market.〔Metzler p.15〕 The material for the coinage came from gold and silver mines across Japan. To this effect, gold mines were newly opened and exploited, such as the Sado gold mine or the Toi gold mine in Izu Peninsula. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tokugawa coinage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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