Ashio Sengen

Japanese: 足尾千軒 - あしおせんげん
Ashio Sengen

…From 1662 (Kanbun 2) for six years, 300 tons of copper was delivered to the Asakusa Imperial Storehouse every year, 1,300 tons in 1776 (Enpo 4), and 1,500 tons in 1884 (Jokyo 1). The 20 years from Kanbun to Jokyo were the heyday of the Ashio Copper Mine in the early modern period, and the mine enjoyed a prosperity known as "Ashio Senken." At that time, one-fifth of the copper exported from Nagasaki Port was from Ashio, and this was called "five or one copper." …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ashio Senken" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…62年(寛文2)から6年間は毎年300t,76年(延宝4)には1300t,84年(貞享1)には1500tの丁銅を浅草の御用蔵に納めた。寛文~貞享の20年間は近世における足尾銅山の全盛期で,〈足尾千軒〉とよばれる繁栄を謳歌した。このころ長崎港から輸出される銅の1/5は足尾産銅が当てられ,これを〈五か一銅〉と称した。…

※「足尾千軒」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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