A GUIDE TO THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE MORE COMMON TENPŌ TSŪHŌ
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A GUIDE TO THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE MORE COMMON TENPŌ TSŪHŌ
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Regular price $21.99
The Tenpō Tsūhō sen was the largest of the copper cash coinage in circulation within Japan during the Edo period when the country was ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate. In addition to official issues, the Tenpō Tsūhō was produced by a number of feudal domains without permission from the government, and these illegal coins circulated side by side with the legitimate coinage. Today the coins are sought after by collectors, but attribution to specific casting entities is difficult without access to references written in Japanese. This book aims to fill that gap by providing detailed guidance for twenty of the most commonly encountered Tenpō Tsūhō. Rubbing images found in former texts are now replaced with full color images of actual coins, with distinctive features marked in sufficient detail to provide guidance to the interested Tenpō Tsūhō collector.
The main basis for this attribution guide is a comparison of roughly 60 Tenpō Tsūhō with rubbings found in four Japanese Tenpō Tsūhō texts spanning 60 years. Over this time period many assignments have been adjusted to accommodate new numismatic information; and, to be fair, it is clear there is still much disagreement among experts on the correct attribution of many Tenpō Tsūhō variants. Where this is the case, we present all relevant information found for each example coin. Because of our focus on the common coins, the really rare varieties (e.g. from casting sites in Sendai and Fukuoka) are not included.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
A.) References
B.) A Few Important Dates for Initial Context of this Work
C.) Composition, Casting Period and Casting Locations of Honza Tenpō Tsūhō
D.) Elaboration on Some English Numismatic Terms
E.) Glossary of Some Japanese Numismatic Terms
F.) Edo Period Units of Measurement for Weight and Size
G.) Notes on Reading Special Characters in Japanese Text
H.) Notes on the Size of a Tenpō Tsūhō and “Distance A”
I.) Tenpō Tsūhō Feature Nomenclature
PART 1 – EXAMPLE COINS
TPTH-6 Sado Honzasya Hakudō-shitsu (佐渡 本座写 白銅質)
TPTH-5 Honza Kōkaku (本座 広郭)
TPTH-2 Honza Saikaku (本座 細郭)
TPTH-1 Honza Chōkaku (本座 長郭)
TPTH-7 Satsuma Ōkaku Tanbitsū (薩摩 横郭 短尾通)
TPTH-9 Satsuma Kōkaku Tanbitsū (薩摩 広郭 短尾通)
TPTH-11 Satsuma Bisei (薩摩 美制)
TPTH-15 Satsuma Fukaji Risokuhō (薩摩 深字 離足寳)
TPTH-19 Oka Saijitsūhō (岡 細字通寳)
TPTH-23 Tosa Gakurin (土佐 額輪)
TPTH-31 Hagi Hōji (萩 方字)
TPTH-66 Akita Kōchōkaku (秋田 広長郭)
TPTH-71 Akita Honzasya (秋田 本座写)
TPTH-72 Aizu Tanbaihō (会津 短貝寳)
TPTH-47 Mito Katsuji Taihō (水戸 濶字 退寳)
TPTH-34 Mito Seiji Haii (水戸 正字 背異)
TPTH-44 Mito Senji (水戸 繊字)
TPTH-39 Mito Tansokuhō Katsuen (水戸 短足寳 濶縁)
TPTH-52 Mito Sekkaku Ketsurin (水戸 接郭 刔輪)
Asaji Fuchisen (浅字 不知銭)
PART 2 – OTHER ATTRIBUTION GUIDANCE, TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS AND RELATED ITEMS
TPTH-4 Honza Chūkaku (本座 中郭)
TPTH-61 Kurume Seiji (久留米 正字)
Ryūkyū Tsūhō (琉球通寳)
Tamadzuka Tenpō (玉塚天保)
Tenpō Tsūhō Error Coin or Sakuhan Sen (錯範銭)
Glico Tenpō Tsūhō
Mikazukimura Historical Theme Park Tenpō Tsūhō
Tenpō Tsūhō Replica Coinage
PART 3 – A FLOWCHART FOR ATTRIBUTION OF THE TENPŌ TSŪHŌ
The main basis for this attribution guide is a comparison of roughly 60 Tenpō Tsūhō with rubbings found in four Japanese Tenpō Tsūhō texts spanning 60 years. Over this time period many assignments have been adjusted to accommodate new numismatic information; and, to be fair, it is clear there is still much disagreement among experts on the correct attribution of many Tenpō Tsūhō variants. Where this is the case, we present all relevant information found for each example coin. Because of our focus on the common coins, the really rare varieties (e.g. from casting sites in Sendai and Fukuoka) are not included.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
A.) References
B.) A Few Important Dates for Initial Context of this Work
C.) Composition, Casting Period and Casting Locations of Honza Tenpō Tsūhō
D.) Elaboration on Some English Numismatic Terms
E.) Glossary of Some Japanese Numismatic Terms
F.) Edo Period Units of Measurement for Weight and Size
G.) Notes on Reading Special Characters in Japanese Text
H.) Notes on the Size of a Tenpō Tsūhō and “Distance A”
I.) Tenpō Tsūhō Feature Nomenclature
PART 1 – EXAMPLE COINS
TPTH-6 Sado Honzasya Hakudō-shitsu (佐渡 本座写 白銅質)
TPTH-5 Honza Kōkaku (本座 広郭)
TPTH-2 Honza Saikaku (本座 細郭)
TPTH-1 Honza Chōkaku (本座 長郭)
TPTH-7 Satsuma Ōkaku Tanbitsū (薩摩 横郭 短尾通)
TPTH-9 Satsuma Kōkaku Tanbitsū (薩摩 広郭 短尾通)
TPTH-11 Satsuma Bisei (薩摩 美制)
TPTH-15 Satsuma Fukaji Risokuhō (薩摩 深字 離足寳)
TPTH-19 Oka Saijitsūhō (岡 細字通寳)
TPTH-23 Tosa Gakurin (土佐 額輪)
TPTH-31 Hagi Hōji (萩 方字)
TPTH-66 Akita Kōchōkaku (秋田 広長郭)
TPTH-71 Akita Honzasya (秋田 本座写)
TPTH-72 Aizu Tanbaihō (会津 短貝寳)
TPTH-47 Mito Katsuji Taihō (水戸 濶字 退寳)
TPTH-34 Mito Seiji Haii (水戸 正字 背異)
TPTH-44 Mito Senji (水戸 繊字)
TPTH-39 Mito Tansokuhō Katsuen (水戸 短足寳 濶縁)
TPTH-52 Mito Sekkaku Ketsurin (水戸 接郭 刔輪)
Asaji Fuchisen (浅字 不知銭)
PART 2 – OTHER ATTRIBUTION GUIDANCE, TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS AND RELATED ITEMS
TPTH-4 Honza Chūkaku (本座 中郭)
TPTH-61 Kurume Seiji (久留米 正字)
Ryūkyū Tsūhō (琉球通寳)
Tamadzuka Tenpō (玉塚天保)
Tenpō Tsūhō Error Coin or Sakuhan Sen (錯範銭)
Glico Tenpō Tsūhō
Mikazukimura Historical Theme Park Tenpō Tsūhō
Tenpō Tsūhō Replica Coinage
PART 3 – A FLOWCHART FOR ATTRIBUTION OF THE TENPŌ TSŪHŌ