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Japanese: 京秤座 - きょうはかりざ

...A shogunate order from 1742 (Kanpo 2) stated that "those who make imitation scales will be executed, but if the weight is not correct, they will be exiled," and the manufacture of scales was a serious crime, just like counterfeiting. The Kyoto scales of the Jin clan had a sales area in the 33 western provinces and set up 15 "stores," while the Edo scales of the Moritsugu clan had 41 "branch offices" in the 33 eastern provinces, where they manufactured, sold, and repaired scales, but there was no fundamental difference between the two scales. The only difference was the way the straps were tied and the scale marks. ...

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…Some were established by feudal lords in the Sengoku period to unify the balance system within their territories, but the Edo Shogunate's scales are the most well known. The Edo Shogunate established the Edo scales (33 provinces in the east) of the Shuzui family and the Kyoto scales (33 provinces in the west) of the Jin family, and gave them the privilege of manufacturing, selling, and repairing scales. As of 1874, the Shuzuike had branch offices in 41 locations throughout eastern Japan - in the order of their establishment, Kofu, Nagoya, Tsu, Takada, Tsuruga, Aizu, Kashiwazaki, Otsu, Suruga Fuchu, Tanba Kameyama, Takasaki, Hikone, Akita, Kanazawa, Kawagoe, Nagaoka, Shimotsuke Sano, Totomi Nakaizumi, Shinano Shimoetsu, Matsumoto, Zenkoji, Toyama, Utsunomiya, Mikawa Izumimura, Hachioji, Niigata, Mikawa Yoshida, Iwaki Senoue, Yonezawa, Kamo, Dewa Shonai, Fukui, Tsugaru, Uenohara, Matsushiro, Ueda, Sendai, Hakodate, Sagami Yokoyamajuku, Kisarazu, and Matsusaka - and the person in charge was called the Miyodaiyaku (representative).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kyoto Libra" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1742年(寛保2)の幕令には〈似せ秤拵之候もの引廻し之上獄門，但，掛目に違いこれなきに於ては中追放〉とあり，偽金作りと同様にはかりの私造は重罪であった。神氏の京秤座は西国三十三ヵ国を販売圏として，15ヵ所に〈出店（でだな）〉を設け，守随氏の江戸秤座は東国三十三ヵ国に41ヵ所の〈出張所（でばりどこ）〉を設けて製作，販売，修補に当たっていたが，両座のはかりに基本的な差異はない。ただ取緒（とりお）の結び方と目盛点が異なっていたにすぎない。…

【秤座】より

…戦国大名が領内の衡制統一のため設置したものもあるが，江戸幕府の秤座がよく知られる。江戸幕府は守随（しゆずい）家の江戸秤座(東33ヵ国)，神（じん）家の京秤座(西33ヵ国)を置いて，両家に秤の製作，販売，補修の特権を与えた。守随家は1874年の段階で東日本一帯41ヵ所――設立順に，甲府，名古屋，津，高田，敦賀，会津，柏崎，大津，駿河府中，丹波亀山，高崎，彦根，秋田，金沢，川越，長岡，下野佐野，遠江中泉，信濃下越，松本，善光寺，富山，宇都宮，三河泉村，八王子，新潟，三河吉田，磐城瀬之上，米沢，加茂，出羽庄内，福井，津軽，上野原，松代，上田，仙台，箱館，相模横山宿，木更津，松坂――に出張所を置き，その管掌者を名代（みようだい）役と呼んだ。…

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