Echizen Hosho

Japanese: 越前奉書 - えちぜんほうしょ

High-quality washi paper produced in Echizen Province. At the end of the 16th century, there was a paper market, and paper was produced in the Goka Village area (present-day Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture), including Otaki-go, Imadate County. During the Edo period, the area flourished, producing custom-made items for the shogunate and feudal lords, as well as items for sale in the three major cities (Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto). However, in the later period, similar types of paper increased in other provinces, and sales fell. Paper-making farmers fell into poverty, and were absorbed into the wholesale system of borrowing raw materials from large paper merchants. Although production has declined, traditional washi production is still carried on today.
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Japanese:

越前国で生産された上質和紙。16世紀末には紙座があって，今立(いまだて)郡大滝(おおたき)郷をはじめとした五箇(ごか)村地方（現福井県越前市）産が知られた。江戸時代，幕府や大名などの誂(あつらえ)物と，三都（江戸・大坂・京都）に出す商物を生産し活況を呈したが，後期には類似の紙類が諸国に増加，売行きが落ち，紙漉(かみすき)の農民は困窮，御用紙屋の大商人から原料を借りる問屋制前貸に取り込まれていった。生産は減少したが，現在も伝統的和紙生産が継承されている。
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