Masuza - Masuza

The Edo Shogunate established this organization in Edo and Kyoto to control masu. In Edo, it was managed by Taruya Tozaemon, a town elder, and in Kyoto, it was managed by Fukui Sakuzaemon, a master carpenter. The size of the masu in the Edo Masuza was 4.75 inches in length and width, and 2.9 inches in depth, while the size of the masu in the Kyoto Masuza was 4.9 inches in length and width, and 2.7 inches in depth, and in the early days, the size of the masu differed between the east and west. In 1669 (Kanbun 9), the Shogunate unified the size of masu throughout the country, using the masu in the Kyo Masuza as the standard. However, some large feudal domains still used their own unique masu, and the unification was incomplete. During the An'ei period (1772-1781), the sales area, which had been vaguely divided between Edo and Kyoto, was divided into East and West, following the example of the Hakariza, which had been divided into East and West provinces in the mid-17th century. From then on, officials from both Masuza were dispatched to various provinces to inspect the masu. Even after the Meiji Restoration, the Hakariza continued to exist together with the Hakariza until the Weights and Measures Control Ordinance was issued in 1875 (Meiji 8).

[Yoji Fujii]

"Fujii Yoji, "Masu Control in the Edo Shogunate during the Kanbun Period" and "Establishment of the East-West Division of Duties in the Libra and Masu" (included in "The Power Structure of the Shogunate and Feudal Lords", 2002, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Baba Akira, "Forms of Quantitative Control in the Edo Period" (included in "Japanese History Research 290")"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸幕府が江戸と京都に置いた枡統制のための組織。江戸は町年寄の一人である樽屋藤左衛門(たるやとうざえもん)、京都は大工棟梁であった福井作左衛門(ふくいさくざえもん)が管掌。江戸枡座の枡は縦横4寸7分5厘、深さ2寸9分、京都枡座の枡は縦横4寸9分、深さ2寸7分であり、初期には東西で枡の大きさが異なっていた。幕府は、1669年（寛文9）京枡座(きょうますざ)の枡をもって基準枡とし、全国の枡の大きさを統一した。しかし、大藩ではなお独自の枡を使用するところもあり、その統一は不徹底なものであった。安永期（1772～1781）になり、それまで漠然と江戸と京都とで分割されていた販売地域が、17世紀半ばには東西の国ごとに分割されていた秤座(はかりざ)に倣い、東西に分割された。以降、両枡座から枡改めの役人が諸国に派遣されるようになった。明治維新後も1875年（明治8）に度量衡取締条例が発令されるまで秤座とともに存続した。

［藤井讓治］

『藤井讓治著「江戸幕府寛文期の枡統制」「秤座・枡座における東西分掌体制の成立」（『幕藩領主の権力構造』所収・2002・岩波書店）』▽『馬場章著「江戸時代における量制統制の形態」（『日本史研究290』所収）』

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