Kamiya Jutei

Japanese: 神屋寿禎 - かみや・じゅてい

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A merchant and miner in Hakata, Chikuzen during the Warring States period. In the travel diary "Sakuhiko Osho Hatsutoshu" (Sakuhiko Osho Hatsutoshu) of Sakehiko Shura, the deputy envoy of the treasury ship in 1539, the name of Toshitada appears frequently along with that of the chief boatman Kamiya Kazukei, as well as Jirotaro, Kake, Hikohachiro, and Magohachiro, who all had the same surname, and Toshitada gave gifts to Shura and the others. On July 3, 1547, when the treasury ship arrived at Madarashima, a ship from Hakata arrived and Toshitada presented "two togo". On July 13, they presented one large togo and a tray of eggplants. The "two togo" was apparently sake from Hakata. There is a theory that Toshitada was Kazukei's son, but based on these articles, it can be inferred that the two were traders living in the same era, and that they should be considered joint investors of the same age rather than father and son. On his way to the Sagi Copper Mine in Izumo to purchase copper, Hisatada discovered the Iwami Silver Mine, and accompanied by carpenters and miners, he obtained silver chains, transported them to Chikuzen, and made a huge profit. In 1532, he returned to Iwami accompanied by blowers Sotan and Keiju from Hakata, and succeeded in blowing silver and extracting white silver. Given the nature of the family as merchant traders, it is quite conceivable that Hisatada learned silver smelting techniques from foreign techniques. <References> "Kamiya Family History Book," Izumiya Soko, Vol. 6

(Yoko Takeno)

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生年：生没年不詳
戦国時代の筑前博多の町衆,貿易商兼鉱業家。天文8(1539)年の勘合船の副使策彦周良の渡航日記『策彦和尚初渡集』には総船頭神屋主計のほか同姓の次郎太郎,加計,彦八郎,孫八郎らと共に寿禎の名前がしばしばみられ,周良らに贈り物をしている。同10年7月3日勘合船が斑島に到着した折,博多の船がきて,寿禎が「斗合弐個」を贈っている。7月13日には大斗合1個と茄子1盆を贈っている。「斗合弐個」は博多の酒であったらしい。寿禎を主計の子とする説もあるが,これらの記事から推してふたりは同時代に生きた貿易家であり,親子ではなくむしろ同年配の共同出資者格とみなされよう。寿禎は出雲の鷺銅山へ銅を仕入れに赴く途中で石見銀山を発見し,大工や掘り師らを同道して銀鏈を手に入れ,筑前に運んで巨利を得た。天文2年には博多の宗旦,桂寿ら吹き工を連れて再び石見に赴き,銀を吹き白銀を採ることに成功した。寿禎が銀の製錬術を外国技術に学んだことは,同家の貿易商人としての性格から十分考えられる。<参考文献>「神屋家由緒書」,『泉屋叢考』6輯

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