Silver in water - Mizushioiregin

Japanese: 水塩入銀 - みずしおいれぎん
Silver in water - Mizushioiregin
A method of selling salt seen in the Toshu salt fields along the Seto Inland Sea coast during the Edo period. It was also called iregin (purchasing silver in the form of ...

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
江戸時代,瀬戸内沿岸の十州塩田でみられた塩の販売方法。入銀(いれぎん)とか春塩買また先塩(さきしお)入銀などとも呼ばれた。翌年の春から夏にかけて生産される塩を,暮れに現金を前渡しして買い付けておく。はじめは塩を確実に入手する目的ではじまったものと思われるが,この方法によると,塩廻船は塩の値段の最も安い時期に買い付けて,最も高い時分に積み取って売りさばくことができ,その差益は大きい。一方,生産者側は,暮れに浜子(塩業労働者)への前渡し給銀や諸仕入れに多額の資金を必要とするため,たとえ不利な値組みでも入銀を余儀なくされた。

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