Gyotoku salt fields

Japanese: 行徳塩田 - ぎょうとくえんでん

During the Edo period, Irihama salt fields were located in Gyotoku, Shimousa Province (present-day Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture). When Tokugawa Ieyasu entered the Kanto region, he exempted the salt fields from taxes and provided funds in order to develop and protect them, and as a result, the salt fields covered an area of over 191 cho in 1702. In 1815, over 184 cho produced 36,820 koku of salt, of which 1,250 koku was paid to Edo Castle as official salt. To make effective use of the salt fields, brine was extracted using a mobile strainer. Salt remaining after tax was sold in Edo by furiuri (a type of salt seller), and later it was handled by salt shops officially recognized by the shogunate. It was sold to the interior of the Kanto region by a salt wholesaler in Gyotoku, where it was well received.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，下総(しもうさ)国行徳（現千葉県市川市）にあった入浜(いりはま)塩田。関東に入部した徳川家康が塩田の開発・保護を図るため，諸役の免除や資金の給付を行ったことから，1702年当時の塩浜面積は191町余にのぼった。1815年には184町余で３万6820石(こく)を産し，江戸城には御用塩として1250石を納めた。塩田の有効利用のため移動式の笊取(ざるとり)法によって鹹水採取が行われた。年貢以外の残余の塩は江戸で振売(ふりうり)によって売られ，のちには幕府公認となる塩屋が扱うようになった。関東の奥地には行徳の塩問屋(といや)によって販売され，好評を得ていた。

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