Copper mining plant

Japanese: 採銅所 - さいどうしょ

In ancient times, this was an institution established on-site to mine and refine copper and lead for mining coins. The name of the head, the copper miner, appears in the late 9th century. At the time, the areas were Nagato, Bitchu, and Buzen, and in the Heian period, Nagato Province became the main copper producing area. In the late Heian period, Nose County in Settsu was known as a copper producing area, and by the mid-11th century, a copper mining facility had been established. The magistrate's azukari, gonnoazukari, anju, and yomekidai were in charge of management and operation. Copper, indigo blue, and verdigris were presented as tributes to the Imperial Court, and were used as a sacred treasure fee for the twenty-year reconstruction of the Ise Ryosho Daijingu Shrine. In the Middle Ages, the area became a manor and was held by the Ozuki family (later the Mibu family), who passed it down as Kanmu family land.

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Japanese:

古代に鋳銭用の銅・鉛を採掘・精練するため現地に置かれた機関。９世紀後期に長官である採銅使の名がみえる。当時は長門・備中・豊前など，平安時代には長門国が主産地となった。平安後期には摂津能勢(のせ)郡が産銅所として知られ，11世紀中頃までに採銅所が設けられた。奉行の預(あずかり)，権預(ごんのあずかり)・案主(あんじゅ)・預目代などが管理運営にあたった。銅・紺青・緑青を朝廷に貢進するほか，伊勢両所大神宮の二十年遷宮の神宝用途料に充てられた。中世には荘園領主化して小槻(おずき)家（のち壬生家）が知行し，官務(かんむ)家渡領として相伝された。

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