Government money - Kansen

Japanese: 官銭 - かんせん
Government money - Kansen
〘noun〙① Coins issued by the government. Not privately minted coins. ※Shoku Nihongi - Wadō 7th year (714), September, Jiachen: " Coins that cannot be obtained , if there is actual knowledge , one official coin, and if not, one hundred staffs for imperial envoys." ② Money owned by the government. ※San Tendai Godaisanki (1072-73), 3: "From the outer provinces, three envoys are sent to two military treasuries , and one official coin is given in advance." [Han Shu - Han Yanshou Den] ③ Money given to obtain an official rank, etc. In particular, coins submitted to the shogunate by those seeking to obtain the qualifications to become the abbot of a Zen sect official temple. Kumon kansen . ※Inryoken Diary - May 7, 1485 (17th year of Bunmei) " The two government officials' money is one thing, and the two government officials and the two people's success is the same, and they are seen as such." ※Kiyohara Nobukatsu Shikimokusho (1534) Article 39 "Success is government money. If you achieve success and get a government position, you will be given money in return."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 政府の発行した銭貨。私鋳銭でないもの。※続日本紀‐和銅七年(714)九月甲辰「不銭、若有実知官銭、輙嫌択者、勅使杖一百」② 政府の所有する金銭。※参天台五台山記(1072‐73)三「外州請使於軍資庫、先支官銭二百貫文」 〔漢書‐韓延寿伝〕③ 官位などを得るために出す金。特に、禅宗官寺の住持の資格を得ようとする者が幕府に納入する銭貨。公文官銭(くもんかんせん)。※蔭凉軒日録‐文明一七年(1485)五月七日「於官銭者自政元公之云々」※清原宣賢式目抄(1534)三九条「成功とは官銭也。功を成して官位をあかるへきを、其功を成す代に、銭に出す」

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