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2 Fun Ansei scrip
| Issuer | Tottori Domain (Japanese feudal domains) |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Value | 2 Fun = 0.2 Monme |
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| Obverse lettering | 享保十六年辛亥 十一月吉祥日 鈔通伯因 丙辰 改印 (Translation: Kyōhō sixteenth year Metal Boar, eleventh month auspicious day. Inaba [and] Hōki circulation note. [Year of] Fire Dragon revision mark.) |
| Reverse description | Letterpress print in black on handmade kozo paper. A vignette at the upper register depicts a mythical creature, likely a karashishi (lion-dog) or dragon, rendered in bold woodblock style. The central field is enclosed within a scrollwork border with asterisk ornaments, and the lower portion carries four lines of Chinese-character text in regular script setting out the denomination and a verse pledging trustworthiness. |
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Tottori Domain was one of the smaller han in the San'in region, perpetually short of specie and reliant on a succession of locally-issued paper instruments — hansatsu — to manage internal exchange. This 2 Fun piece dates to the Ansei period, when Tokugawa financial pressure on the domains was acute and reformist economists within individual han were experimenting with tighter denominational controls to curb over-issuance.
The narrow strip format is characteristic of lower-denomination hansatsu, designed to distinguish fractional notes from larger-value instruments at a glance. Kōzo-fiber paper was sourced domestically and its quality varied considerably by domain; Tottori examples from this period tend to show accelerated foxing along the edges due to regional humidity conditions.