Hachiman castle town

Free market
Ōmi Province
From 1586

In June 1586, Toyotomi Hidetsugu issued a 13-article ordinance for Hachiman-yama castle town, establishing a free market exempt from merchant guilds, duties, and assessments. Following the Azuchi castle town ordinance, it also required merchant ships to call at Hachiman harbor.

Editorial note

The coordinate represents Hachiman-yama castle town (near Himure Hachiman Shrine, Miyauchi-chō, Ōmi Hachiman City).


Sources

Certainty: HighHow far the account above is supported by the cited sources. It does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.


Other places in Ōmi Province

See it on the 1586 map