Osaka Gold Storehouse

...the currency storage and disbursement agency of the Edo Shogunate and various feudal domains. The Shogunate's treasuries were located in the castles of Edo, Osaka, Nijo, Sunpu, and Kofu, and on Sado, but the most important ones were the Oku-kanzō and Hasuike-kanzō in Edo, and the Osaka treasury. The Oku-kanzō was apparently originally a cavernous storehouse beneath the castle tower, but it was destroyed in the Meireki fire (1657), and is thought to have been located beneath the castle tower afterwards. It stored emergency funds, gold, silver, and coppers.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Osaka Kinzo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸幕府および諸藩における貨幣の貯蔵ならびに出納機関。幕府の金蔵は江戸，大坂，二条，駿府，甲府の各城内と佐渡に所在したが，最も重要なものは江戸の奥金蔵･蓮池金蔵と大坂金蔵であった。奥金蔵は古くは城内天守閣下の穴蔵であったらしいが，明暦大火(1657)に焼失し，その後やはり天守台下にあったと思われ，非常用の除金（よけきん）や金銀分銅などを貯蔵した。…

※「大坂金蔵」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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