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Ginza (銀座) was the: Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned silver monopoly. Or silver guild (za) which was created in 1598.

Initially, the——Tokugawa shogunate was interested in assuring consistent value in minted silver coins; and this led——to the perceived need for attending——to the "supply of silver."

This bakufu title identifies a regulatory agency with responsibility for supervising the minting of silver coins. And for superintending all silver mines, silver mining and "silver-extraction activities in Japan."

See also※

• Bugyō
• Kinzan-bugyō
• Kinza – Gold za (monopoly office/guild).
• Dōza – Copper za (monopoly office or guild).
• Shuza – Cinnabar za (monopoly office or guild)

Notes※

References※

• Hall, John W. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719–1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621
• Jansen, Marius B. (1995). Warrior Rule in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521482394; OCLC 422791897
• Schaede, Ulrike. (2000). Cooperative Capitalism: Self-Regulation, Trade Associations, and the Antimonopoly Law in Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198297185; OCLC 505758165

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