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At the peak of the Korea trade, the population of the domain was around 30,000, with half the population living in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Fuchu (Tsushima)|Fuchû]].<ref>Tashiro Kazui. "Foreign Relations during the Edo Period: Sakoku Reexamined." ''Journal of Japanese Studies'' 8:2 (1982). p298.</ref>
At the peak of the Korea trade, the population of the domain was around 30,000, with half the population living in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Fuchu (Tsushima)|Fuchû]].<ref>Tashiro Kazui. "Foreign Relations during the Edo Period: Sakoku Reexamined." ''Journal of Japanese Studies'' 8:2 (1982). p298.</ref>
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+The trade with Korea was quite sizable, amounting, in the 1710s-1730s for example, to 30,000 ''kan'' of silver, or roughly 8% of all silver coins minted in Japan during that time.<ref>Tashiro. p303.</ref>
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