Kyoto coins - Kinsen

Japanese: 京銭 - きんせん
Kyoto coins - Kinsen
〘Noun〙 Another name for Nanking coins. Among the coins imported from China since the Muromachi period, these were of particularly poor quality. Along with Uchihirame , these were bad coins that were subject to the selection of erisen . In the Edo period, they were called bitasen , and were only worth a quarter of Yongle coins. Kyosen. Kyozeni. *Ninagawa documents - 3, Eisho 2 (1505), October 10th, "Fixed selection of coins (limited to 2000 kyosen and 1000 kyosen)"

Kyo-senkyau ... [Kyoto money]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Kinsen (Kyoto coin)

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 南京銭(なんきんせん)の別称。室町時代以来中国から輸入した銭のうち、特に質の悪いもの。打平(うちひらめ)とともに撰銭(えりせん)の対象とされた悪銭。江戸時代、鐚銭(びたせん)と呼ばれ、永楽銭の四分の一の価値しかなかった。きょうせん。きょうぜに。※蜷川文書‐三・永正二年(1505)一〇月一〇日「定 撰銭事〈限京銭・打平等〉」

きょう‐せん キャウ‥【京銭】

〘名〙 ⇒きんせん(京銭)

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