永えい楽らく銭せん

noun

Yongle coin; Chinese coin from the Yongle era

Historical term for Chinese copper coins minted under the Yongle Emperor (Ming dynasty), which circulated widely in Japan from the Muromachi period through the early Edo period.

• 永えい楽らく銭せんは室むろ町まち時じ代だいから江え戸ど初しょ期きにかけて日本にほんで流りゅう通つうした。

  Yongle coins circulated in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period.