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100 Mon 'Akita-Tsubasen' Bosen, Long tail
| Issuer | Kubota Domain (Japanese feudal domains) |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Value | 100 Mon |
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| Reverse description | Oval cast copper reverse featuring the eight trigrams (Bagua) of the I Ching arranged symmetrically around the central rectangular hole, each rendered in boldly incuse parallel lines in the classic cast style. The eight trigrams — Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui — occupy the eight cardinal and intercardinal positions, radiating outward from the hole toward the raised outer border. The overall composition is geometric and austere, contrasting markedly with the ornate obverse, and reflects the Confucian and Taoist cosmological symbolism common in East Asian numismatic art of the Edo period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kubota Domain — present-day Akita Prefecture — issued this oversized copper piece in 1862 as one of several emergency monetary instruments produced by Japanese domains in the final, fractured years of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Bakumatsu period saw dozens of han governments striking their own coinage to address chronic copper shortages and the economic disruption that followed Commodore Perry's forced opening of Japanese ports less than a decade earlier.
The "long tail" designation distinguishes this die variety from the short-tail Tsubasen strikes of the same issue — a distinction that matters considerably to specialists. KM# Pn1 classification suggests the piece was treated as a pattern or provisional issue rather than standard domain currency.