Wu-zhu-qian; Wu-shu-ch`ien

Japanese: 五銖銭 - ごしゅせん（英語表記）Wu-zhu-qian; Wu-shu-ch`ien

An ancient Chinese bronze coin with the inscription "Wuzhu." The Wuzhu coin, minted in the 4th year of Yuanhui (119 BCE) under Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, weighed 5 shu (3.35 g) and is the origin of the Wuzhu coin. Wuzhu coins were minted from the Western Han Dynasty through to the Sui Dynasty, and there are many varieties. The basic shape is a circular square hole with an outer rim and the inscription "5" on the right side and "shu" on the left side, but there are also coins called Shu coins with the inscription "Wuzhu" reversed. Those from the Western Han Dynasty are generally heavy and well-formed. In the Later Han Dynasty, Wuzhu coins were minted in the 16th year of Jianwu (40 BCE) and are well-formed, but some are of poor quality. From the Later Han to the Sui dynasty, the Zhibai Wushu coins were minted in Shu, the Shenlang Wushu coins in Jin, the Neiguang Wushu, Daji Wushu, Dafu Wushu, and Dayotong Wushu coins in Liang, the Taihe Wushu and Yong'an Wushu coins in Northern Wei, and the Changping Wushu coins in Northern Qi, while the Sui dynasty produced the Small Wushu coins with a wide outer border in the first year of Kaihuang (581). In the Tang dynasty, the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins were minted in the fourth year of Wude (621), after which the minting of Wushu coins was no longer seen.

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Japanese:

中国古代の「五銖」と銘のある青銅製貨幣。前漢，武帝の元狩4 (前 119) 年に鋳造された五銖銭は重さ5銖 (3.35g) あり，五銖銭の起源となっている。五銖銭は前漢から隋にいたるまで鋳造使用され，その種類も多い。基本的な形は，円形方孔で，外郭を有し，右側に五，左側に銖の銘が存在するが，五銖の銘が左右逆の蜀銭といわれるものもある。前漢のものは概して重厚で形も整っている。後漢では，建武 16 (40) 年に五銖銭を鋳造し，整斉ではあるが，なかには悪銭もみられる。後漢以後，隋にいたる間に，蜀の直百五銖，晋の沈郎五銖，梁の内郭五銖・大吉五銖・大富五銖・大通五銖，北魏の太和五銖・永安五銖，北斉の常平五銖などが鋳られ，隋は開皇1 (581) 年に外郭幅広の小五銖銭をつくっている。唐代に入り，武徳4 (621) 年に開元通宝がつくられ，以後，五銖銭の鋳造はみられなくなった。

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