Catalog
1 Monme Kawamo-mura
| Issuer | Kawamo-mura (村), Amagasaki Domain |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Size | 155 × 42 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on hand-made fibrous paper in the tall, narrow format typical of Edo-period hansatsu. The field carries brushed cursive script stating the denomination of one silver monme, the cyclical date (Hinoto-Mi, sixth month), and the issuing merchant names Hirashō and Tatsu Hiroshi. Three hand-applied circular and rectangular seal impressions in black ink are distributed vertically through the field, alongside two printed decorative cartouches — one oval with dense lattice diaper pattern at upper right and one rectangular with interlocking scroll ornament at lower right — serving as anti-counterfeiting devices. Two rectangular woodblock-printed label seals reading 再閲 and 本両替 appear at upper left. |
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| Protection description | Woodblock-printed oval and rectangular ornamental cartouches with dense guilloche-style scroll patterns serving as anti-counterfeiting devices; multiple hand-applied circular and square inked seal impressions applied by issuing and exchange authorities. |
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Kawamo-mura was a village-level administrative unit within Amagasaki Domain, and notes of this type represent one of the more granular tiers of Edo-period private emission — below han-satsu (domain bills) and closer to the hyakushō-satsu tradition, where farming communities issued their own scrip to manage local rice-credit obligations and short-term exchange. By the 1850s this practice was technically restricted but widely tolerated, particularly in the Kinai region where Amagasaki's holdings were fragmented and centralized domain currency rarely penetrated daily village commerce.
The hand-applied seals served as the primary authenticity mechanism — essentially the personal liability of the issuing officials, not a printing-house security measure.