Catalog
24 Mon
| Issuer | Morioka Domain |
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| Year | 1835 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black with a red overprint stamp; the upper register bears a full-length frontal vignette of Fukurokuju — the deity of wisdom and longevity — rendered in the elongated-forehead convention, clad in Chinese nobleman's robes, and surrounded by auspicious objects including Fundō weights, a Cintāmaṇi wish-fulfilling jewel, and an Uchide-no-kozuchi mallet. The central field is divided into several text cartouches carrying the denomination and issuing authority inscriptions, below which two Cintāmaṇi rest on a stylized wave ground. A vertical Chinese seal-script inscription is overprinted diagonally across the center. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black with a green overprint stamp; the upper register presents inscriptions within a Fundō-shaped cartouche set against a cloud-patterned ground. Two square seals bearing seal-script characters appear in the upper center, while a vertical Chinese regular-script inscription runs along the lower portion of the note. |
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Morioka Domain, in the Nambu han of northern Honshu, issued scrip denominated in mon — the copper unit of account — as a practical workaround to persistent coin shortages that plagued remote domains throughout the Edo period. These hansatsu notes circulated only within domain boundaries and were theoretically redeemable, though enforcement of that promise varied considerably depending on the domain's finances at the time of issue.
By the 1830s, many domains were under severe fiscal strain. The Tenpō famines hit Tohoku with particular brutality, and Nambu domain was not spared.