Downstream salt - Kudarijio

Japanese: 下り塩 - くだりじお

Salt produced in the Setouchi region was brought to Edo by salt ships during the Edo period. When Edo first established its salt demand, it relied on local salt (locally produced salt) produced in areas along the coast of Edo Bay, such as Gyotoku in Shimousa and Musashi Daishigawara. However, as Edo developed, local salt alone was no longer enough to meet the demand, and the city was forced to rely on salt from the 10 provinces of the Setouchi region. Salt from the Setouchi region began to flow into Edo around the Genna era (1615-24), and initially the main sources were Awa Saiden salt, Banshu Arai salt, and Banshu Ako salt. According to the memorandum "Man no Kaku" written by Enomoto Yazaemon, a merchant from Kawagoe in Bushu, 230 salt ships arrived in Edo between November 28 and December 5, 1652 (Shoo 1), of which 100 were Arai ships.At that time, 250 to 300 salt ships arrived in Edo each year, carrying approximately 500,000 bales of cargo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代塩廻船によって江戸に移入された瀬戸内産塩。開府当初の江戸の塩需要は下総行徳，武蔵大師河原など江戸湾岸で産出される地塩(地廻り塩)に依存していたが，江戸の発展は地塩だけではとうてい需要を満たしえず，瀬戸内十州塩に依存せざるをえなくなった。瀬戸内塩は元和(1615‐24)ころから江戸に流入しはじめるが，初めは阿波斎田塩，播州荒井塩，同赤穂塩が中心であった。武州川越の商人，榎本弥左衛門の覚書《万之覚》によると1652年(承応1)11月28日から12月5日までに江戸に入津した塩船は230艘で，そのうち100艘が荒井船であったといい，また当時，1年間に江戸に入津する塩船は250～300艘で，積荷は約50万俵であった。

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