IV. 



TRADE AND COMMERCE. 

 Literature. 



1. E. Kaempfer: " Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan." Herausgegeben 

 von Dohm. II. Band. Lerngo, 1779. 



2. C. P. Thunberg : " Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia. 1770-1779." Tredje- 

 delen, pp. 47-129. Upsala, 1788. 



3. P. V. Siebold : " Nippon," Archiv, etc. VI. p. 36. 



4. G. F. Meijlan : " Geschiedkundig Overzigt van den Handel der Europezen 

 op Japan." Batav. Genootsch. van Kunsten en Wetensch. Bd. 14. Batavia, 

 1832. 



5. Antonio de Morga : "The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, 

 Japan, and China at the close of the sixteenth century." Translated by the 

 Hakluyt Society. London, 1869. 



6. " Memorials of the Empire of Japan." By Th. Rundal. Hakluyt Soc. 

 Lond., 1850. 



7. " Diary of R. Cocks." By E. M. Thompson. Hakluyt Soc. London, 1883. 



8. E. Satow : " Notes on the Intercourse between Japan and Siam in the 

 Seventeenth Century." Transact. As. Soc. of Japan. Vol. XIII. p. 139. 



9. G. Wagener : " Geschichtliches liber Maass- und Gewichtssysteme in 

 China und Japan." Mitth. d. deutschen Gesellsch. Ostasiens. 12 Heft, p. 35. 



10. J. Scriba : " Bemerkungen iiber japanische Gold- und Silbermiinzen." 

 Mitth. d. deutsch. Ges. Ostasiens. 29 Heft, p. 392. 



11. German, English, and United States Consular Reports. 



12. Commercial Reports, published by the Board of Trade. Tokio, 1883, 

 1884, 1885. 



I. Coins, Measures, and Weights. 



a. — Money, Kane or Kinsu ; Paper money, SJii-Jiei and Kin-satsn ; 

 Bank Notes, Satsu or Gin-ko-saisii. 



Since 1871, Japan has had a new system of coinage, whose 

 unit is the Yen, of the same value as a Mexican dollar, or about 

 four shillings. 



I Yen= 100 Sen, i Sen= 10 Rin. The following kinds of money 

 are coined : — 



a. Copper Coins (Aka gane). b. Silver Coins. 



1. Ichi Rin, i Rin piece. 



2. Go „ 5 „ „ 



3. Ichi Sen, i Sen „ 



4. Ni „ 2 „ 



5. Go Sen, 5 Sen piece. 



6. Ju „ 10 „ „ 



7. Ni-ju „ 20 „ „ 



8. Go-ju„ 50 „ „ 



9. Ichi Yen, i Yen „ 



