Donation Association - Kifukaishi

…These are bills used by the general public during the Song Dynasty in China, and the paper money issued by the Southern Song government following this model. The bills are called 'don'in huizi', 'fen'en huizi', and 'don'in taibin senbutsu huizi. 'Don' means to deposit, 'fen'en and 'taibin' mean to exchange, and 'huizi' means a voucher used for 'hui' (counting). …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "donation companies" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国，宋代に民間で用いられた手形，またこれにならって南宋政府が発行した紙幣。手形は寄付会子，便銭会子，寄付兌便銭物会子と呼ばれる。〈寄付〉は預ける，〈便銭〉〈兌便〉は兌換，〈会子〉は会(集計)に用いる証票を意味する。…

※「寄付会子」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報