Salt Company - Ensankaisha

...In some places, such as Bizen Nozakihama and Sanuki Sakaidehama, salt wholesalers also served as fuel (firewood, coal) wholesalers. From the 1870s onwards, salt production companies and salt industry associations were established all over the Setouchi region, but the wholesale function of the production areas that had existed since the Edo period was absorbed into these companies and associations. Then, in 1905, with the implementation of the salt monopoly system, the government gained the right to sell salt.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "salt companies" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また備前野崎浜や讃岐坂出浜のように，塩問屋が燃料(薪，石炭)問屋を兼ねるところもあった。　明治10年代以降，瀬戸内各地に塩産会社，塩業組合が成立してくるが，江戸時代以来の生産地の問屋機能はこれらの会社，組合に吸収された。そして1905年塩専売制の実施によって塩の販売権は政府がもつようになる。…

※「塩産会社」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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