Kozoza

Japanese: 楮座 - こうぞざ

In the Middle Ages, Kyoto merchants had exclusive rights to trade paper mulberry, the raw material for paper. At the time, Kyoto's greatest demand for paper was met by tax and commercial paper sent from the provinces, and by paper made by paper manufacturers and sellers in the city (paper za), and the paper za is thought to have been a group of merchants who had exclusive rights to trade paper mulberry, the raw material, to supply to the paper za in the city. According to the Korefusa Koki, during the Eiroku period in the mid-16th century, a man named Tanaka Iehisa was involved in official business that required him to pay tribute to Honjo, so he probably held the position of head za or Otome.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世，紙の原料であるコウゾの特権的な取引に当たった京都の商人。当時もっとも大きい京都の紙需要は，地方から送られた年貢･商品紙と，洛中の紙製造販売業者(紙座)の手になる紙によって充足されていたが，楮座は洛中紙座に供給する原料コウゾの特権的な取引に従事していた商人団と考えられる。《惟房公記》によると，16世紀中葉の永禄年間に田中家久なるものが本所に貢納すべき公事にかかわっているので，おそらく座の座頭･乙名の地位にあったものであろう。

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