Nobunaga's Kano Free-Market Decrees: A Reconsideration

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Explanatory Note : Medieval Japan (late 12th through late 16th century) witnessed the development of diverse urban morphologies including political cities (which functioned as bases for consolidating and projecting central and regional political authority), religious cities (which developed around religious facilities such as temples and shrines), port towns, transit hubs, and market towns. The number and scale of cities reached their apex between the late 15th and mid-16th centuries along with improvements in productivity and a thriving economy. A particular development among these features of the medieval period that warrants attention is the evolution of religious cities that were centered on temples and therefore entitled to tax exemptions and privileged to carry out free trade. These privileges were collectively referred to as “raku," and cities that were defined by this feature were referred to as “rakuichi," or “free markets." ……

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