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*''Japanese'': 長崎会所 ''(Nagasaki kaisho)''

*''Japanese'': 長崎会所 ''(Nagasaki kaisho)''

The ''Nagasaki kaisho'', often referred to in English as a clearinghouse or customs house, was an agency established by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1698]] to oversee and regulate commercial activity in [[Nagasaki]]. It quickly became the most powerful regulatory organ in the port city, and remained in operation until the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the shogunate]] in [[1867]].

The ''Nagasaki kaisho'', often referred to in English as a clearinghouse or customs house, was an agency established by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1698]] to oversee and regulate commercial activity in [[Nagasaki]]. It quickly became the most powerful regulatory organ in the port city, and remained in operation until the [[Meiji Restoration|fall of the shogunate]] in [[1867]].

The office oversaw nearly all import and export activity, with particular focus on the trade in [[copper]], [[silk]], and marine products, regulating as well the sale of imported products to Nagasaki merchants, and combating smuggling.

The office oversaw nearly all import and export activity, with particular focus on the trade in [[copper]], [[silk]], and marine products, regulating as well the sale of imported products to Nagasaki merchants, and combating smuggling. It also oversaw inns for sailors (''funayado'') in the port town.

==History and Operations==

==History and Operations==