寛かん永えい通つう宝ほう

noun

Kan'ei Tsūhō; copper coin of the Edo period

A round copper coin with a square hole, minted from 1626 (Kan'ei era) and widely used throughout the Edo period. The name is often used as a generic term for Edo-period copper coins.

• 寛かん永えい通つう宝ほうは江え戸ど時じ代だいを通つうじて広ひろく流りゅう通つうした銅どう貨かです。

  The Kan'ei Tsūhō was a copper coin widely circulated throughout the Edo period.