Virtuous coins - Utokusen

Japanese: 有徳銭 - うとくせん

〘 noun 〙 During the Muromachi period, the shogunate, shugo, and large temples and shrines instructed certain wealthy people in cities such as Omi Sakamoto and Nara to pay temporary expenses as a temporary tax. Later, it became a regular source of revenue for the shogunate and large temples and shrines. Utoku. Tokusen. Affluent. ※Daijo-in Temple and Shrine Miscellany - July 8, 1459 (Choroku 3) "Affluent money _{was distributed} in _{two and} six places _throughout Nara."

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Japanese:

〘名〙室町時代、幕府、守護、大寺社が近江坂本、奈良などの都市の特定の金持ちに負担額を指示して、臨時経費の支弁を求めた臨時の税。のちには幕府、大寺社の主要な財源として恒常化した。うとく。徳銭。有福。※大乗院寺社雑事記‐長祿三年（1459）七月八日「一為_二六方_一奈良中ニ有徳銭懸_レ之」

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