No. 7596 · dated by century
Shōjitsubō
fl. mid-15th centuryMoneylender and officialAsia · c. 1450Most named place: Kyoto
Shōjitsubō was a Kyoto moneylender and Enryakuji priest who was in the service of the shogun both as the tax agent and storehouse keeper.
Shōjitsubō was appointed the shogun's agent (daikan) in the port of Hyōgo and by 1436 he was appointed to the ranks of the shogunal tax agents and until 1565, when he was temporarily released from this office, he served generally as head of both the tax agents and the shogunal financial agents. A shrewd businessman, Shōjitsubō cultivalte close business connections with other elites.