Ichiza

Japanese: 市座 - いちざ

In the Middle Ages, a za had the exclusive right to sell certain goods in the market. Temples, shrines, and manorial lords protected markets for the purpose of prospering their territories and collecting market taxes, and appointed managers such as Ichiba Satanin and Ichimokudai to control merchants. Ichiba za were guaranteed business under the protection of the lord, monopolized sales seats, and excluded other merchants. However, after the Onin War, the za gradually took on a closed-off character due to the increase in new merchants who did not join the za. Furthermore, Sengoku daimyo adopted the Rakuichi/Rakuza policy, which abolished market taxes and sales seats in order to promote economic distribution within their territories and develop castle towns, and so the Ichiza were dissolved, with some exceptions.

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Japanese:

中世，市場における一定商品の専売権を有した座。寺社，荘園領主は，自領の繁栄，市場税の徴収を目的に市場を保護し，市庭 (いちば) 沙汰人，市目代などの管理人をおいて商人を統制した。市座衆は領主の保護のもとに営業が保証され，販売座席を独占して，ほかの商人を排除した。しかし応仁の乱後は，座に加わらない新しい商人の増加によって，次第に封鎖的性格を帯びるようになった。さらに戦国大名が領国内の経済流通と城下町育成のため市場税や販売座席を撤廃する楽市・楽座政策をとったので，市座は一部を除いて解散した。

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