藩札史の地域別考察

The purpose of this paper is to survey hansatsu (clan notes) circulation in the end of the Edo period in seven areas: Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu. Tohoku area-The circulation of hansatsu in Tohoku had been small in amount, but by the end of the Edo period increased in remarkable amount. The hansatsu in this area were chiefly kinsatsu (gold notes) and zenisatsu (copper notes), not ginsatsu (silver notes). And in this area, zenisatsu of high price were issued by some hans. It is a not eworthy fact in regard to the question of "zeni using". Kanto area-The issue of hansatsu in this area had been different from that in Tohoku. The hansatsu of this area issued in the Edo period were mainly tobichisatsu which were issued in the detached territories in the Kansai district. Most part of hansatsu in the Kanto district were mainly issued in the beginning of Meiji, and these were almost kinsatsu and zenisatsu. Chubu area-In this area, we can find amount of Hansatsu comparable to that in the two areas mentionedabove. In Owari, Mino and Echu of this area, both kinsatsu and ginsatsu were used. This fact shows that these three were border districts between "kinsatsu using" and "ginsatsu using" regions. It means that kinsatsu were used chiefly in the east of these three districts, and ginsatsu in the west of these three districts. This is a very noteworthy fact. Kinki area-In Kinki area, more hansatsu were issued than in the Chubu area, about 75% of total dominant han issued their own hansatsu. In this area, hansatsu were almost ginsasu and zenisatsu, and some of these notes were issued from the middle of the Edo period. Also in this area, there were some han which had issued monme-zenisatsu. Monme-zenisatsu is the zenisatsu which adopted the monetary unit of silver coin. The reason why those han had issued monme-zenisatsu was to cope with the use of a lot of zeni or the fall of zeni value. Chugoku and Shikoku area-In these areas, hansatsu were issued much the same way in Kinki, and some of these hansatsu were issued for a long time from the middle of the Edo period. Hansatsu in these areas were almost ginsatsu and zenisatsu, but monme-zenisatsu were issued by some han in Suoh and Iyo districts. Kyushu area-We find a lot of hansatsu in this area. Most of dominant han had issued their own hansatsu. Some of these notes were issued for a comparatively long time from the middle of the Edo period. Hansatsu in this area were chiefly ginsatsu and zenisatsu, but monme-zenisatsu were issued as normal zenisatsu. It is one of the characteristics in this area.