5 Ei / 1/200 Ryō Ashimori domain

Ashimori was a small fudai domain in Bitchū Province, retained by the Kinoshita clan — descendants of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's elder sister — throughout the Edo period. Domain-issued scrip like this circulated strictly within the han's boundaries, functioning as a local credit instrument backed by the domain's own authority rather than the Tokugawa treasury. The 1/200 ryō denomination is notably fractional, suggesting it was designed for everyday small transactions among the domain's population, which numbered only a few thousand.

The 1852 issue falls during a period when many smaller domains were struggling with fiscal pressure and issuing increasing volumes of hansatsu to manage debt. Whether this note reflects genuine economic necessity or routine reissuance of an established series is unclear from surviving records.