Hakodate Kaisho

Japanese: 箱館会所 - はこだてかいしょ

During the Edo period, this was an institution established by the shogunate in Hakodate (present-day Hakodate City) to handle products from Ezo. It is also known as the Hakodate Product Exchange. In 1799, the shogunate established exchanges in Hakodate and Edo as trading institutions when eastern Ezo and the area around Hakodate came under direct control. It was abolished in 1812 when the place contract system was reinstated, but in 1857, the Product Exchange was re-established in Hakodate with the main purpose of controlling the distribution of Ezo products, and exchanges and merchants were established in Edo, Osaka, and other areas, and a commission of 2% of the transaction amount was charged. At the same time, producers were given the "motoshiire method" of purchasing products. It was renamed the Hakodate Production Exchange in 1868, and the Hokkaido Product Exchange in 1869, and belonged to the Hokkaido Development Commission in 1870.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，幕府が蝦夷地の産物取扱のために箱館（現函館市）に置いた機関。箱館産物会所とも。1799年幕府は東蝦夷地・箱館周辺の直轄化に伴い交易機関として箱館と江戸に会所を設置。1812年の場所請負制復活でいったん廃止されるが，1857年蝦夷地産物の流通統制を主目的として箱館に産物会所を再置し，江戸・大坂ほかには会所・用達商人を置き，取引額の２％の口銭を取った。合わせて生産者には〈元仕入(もとしいれ)仕法〉などを実施。1868年箱館生産会所，1869年北海道産物会所と改称し，1870年開拓使に所属。

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