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*''Other Names'': 総勘定所 ''(sou kanjou sho)''
*''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==
