The Development of Za in Medieval Japan

Kozo Yamamura

Business History Review, 1973, vol. 47, issue 4, 438-465

Abstract: The za was a leading medieval Japanese economic institution, often likened to the European guild. Professor Yamamura analyzes the rise and subsequent decline of za from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, paying special attention to their influence on the development of commercial activity.

Date: 1973
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