Clothing ticket - clothing ticket

These were clothing rationing tickets, implemented in 1942 (Showa 17) during World War II due to shortages of materials. Unlike other rationing schemes, a detailed points system was created because the consumption and necessity of fabric varied by item. The ticket was valid for one year. The number of necessities such as flannel, bleached cloth, hand towels, and socks that could be purchased was limited by the attached small limit ticket, so even if people had extra points, they could not purchase those items. The allocation for each person was 100 points in urban areas and 80 points in rural areas, and the item points in 1943, for example, were 12 shirts (including dress shirts), 4 sarumata (loincloths), and 1 pair of socks, so if they purchased 4 each of dress shirts, underwear, socks, and sarumata, it was already inconvenient to exceed the limit. Moreover, at the same time as the clothing coupon system was implemented, retail stores were merged and abolished, and as the war situation loomed, the supply to stores became extremely small, so even if there were coupons, they could not actually be purchased. This clothing coupon system continued after the war until 1950 (Showa 25), when the clothing production situation improved.

[Kaji Tatsuo]

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第二次世界大戦中の1942年（昭和17）、物資不足のために施行された、衣料の配給制度の切符。他の配給と違って、品目によって布の消費量や生活必需度が違うため、細かな点数制がつくられたところに特徴がある。切符の有効期間は1年間。ネル、晒(さらし)、手拭(てぬぐい)、靴下などの必需品については、添付の制限小切符によって、購入数が制限されていて、余った点数があっても、その品目は購入できない仕組みになっていた。1人の割当ては、都市部100点、郡部80点で、品目点数は、たとえば43年では、シャツ（ワイシャツを含む）12点、猿股(さるまた)4点、靴下1点などであり、ワイシャツ、下着シャツ、靴下、猿股を4点ずつ購入すると、すでに制限点数を越える不自由なものであった。しかも衣料切符制施行と同時に、小売店の統合廃止が行われ、また戦局が押し迫るにつれて、店舗への供給数が極端に少なくなったことから、切符はあっても、実際には購入できない状態になった。この衣料切符制度は、戦後も衣料生産状況のよくなる50年（昭和25）まで続けられた。

［梶　龍雄］

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