Kamigata rice transport - Kamigata rice transport

…Rice was mainly sent from western Japan and the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan to Osaka, while rice was sent from the Tokai, Kanto and the Pacific coast north of there to Edo. The shipping of rice to the Kamigata region from western Japan via the Seto Inland Sea had been underway since before the early modern period, and with the establishment of the Toyotomi government, large amounts of rice began to be sent. At first, most of the rice was for military supplies, but with the development of the cities in the Kinai region, the amount of rice for sale increased. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kamigata Kaimai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…西日本および日本海沿岸からはおもに大坂に回送され，東海，関東およびそれ以北の太平洋沿岸からは江戸に回送された。瀬戸内海を海路とする西日本からの上方廻米は近世以前から展開し，豊臣政権が成立するに及んで多量の廻米がみられるようになった。当初，兵糧米が多かったが，畿内諸都市の発達に伴い販売米が増加した。…

※「上方廻米」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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