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2 Kan Mon
| Issuer | Morioka Domain |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Size | 164 × 42 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 手切岡盛 米四斗代 錢 貮 貫 文 時之相塲 藏元改 (Translation: Morioka bill Rice four To substitute Cash two Kan Mon Market price that time Kuramoto examined) |
| Reverse description | Printed in black letterpress with a green overprint stamp, the reverse presents its principal inscription within a Fundō-shaped cartouche set against a cloud-patterned ground in the upper register, flanked by two square seals bearing seal-script characters. Below these, a vertical column of Chinese regular script (kaisho) descends toward the lower margin. |
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Morioka Domain, a Nanbu clan territory in Mutsu Province, issued its own paper currency throughout the Edo period as part of the broader hansatsu system — the practice of individual feudal domains printing notes redeemable only within their own borders. These notes were not legal tender elsewhere and were a common mechanism for domains to manage local liquidity, essentially creating closed monetary circuits that kept silver and gold from leaving domain coffers.
The 1835 issue falls within a period of fiscal pressure across many northern domains, following crop failures and famine conditions associated with the Tenpō crisis. Morioka was not insulated from that stress.