Sending money to Edo

Japanese: 江戸仕送り - えどしおくり
Sending money to Edo

…The kakeya were the ones who handled the receipt and disbursement of this fund at the Osaka storehouses of the various feudal domains. Daimyo loans were mainly made by kakeya in the form of “Edo-send”. In this case, the increase in the amount of goods sent from Osaka to Edo and the regularity of Osaka’s overdrafts to Edo made it possible to send currency as Edo-send, and money changers were the best ones to handle this as kakeya. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Edo Omitoshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…諸藩の大坂蔵屋敷でこの資金の出納を行うのが掛屋であった。大名貸は掛屋によって主として〈江戸仕送り〉という形でなされた。その場合,大坂から江戸への下り商品の増大,大坂の江戸への貸越しの恒常化が江戸仕送りの為替送金を可能ならしめ,両替商が掛屋として最もよくこれを担当しえた。…

※「江戸仕送り」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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