Osaka Kaisho

...For this reason, there were cases where financial institutions issuing domain notes also functioned as monopolies. At the same time, because many of the goods were sent to Osaka and Edo, local sales agencies such as the Osaka Kaisho and the Edo Kaisho were set up in these areas, and in some cases, merchants who were entrusted with sales were appointed as the heads of these kaisho. However, the implementation of the monopoly system severely prohibited free trade of goods by producers and merchants, and since it bought up goods from producers at low prices, producers were hit hard, and in some cases this led to uprisings against the monopoly. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Osaka Kaisho" is listed below.

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…このため藩札発行の金融機関が専売の機能を兼ねている例もある。同時に，商品の多くが大坂，江戸に送られたために，この地に大坂会所，江戸会所といった出先の販売機関が設けられ，販売を委任された商人が会所の責任者に任命されている例もある。　ところで専売制の実施は，生産者や商人による商品の自由取引をきびしく禁止し，商品を生産者から低い値段で買い占めるため，生産者は打撃を受け，そのため専売反対の一揆が起こっている例もある。…

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