English: A faithful reproduction of a 1728 scroll from the Sendai Domain that the depicts the manufacture of copper cash coins in Japan. "In this the last stage, samurai officials inspect and accept the coins. Notice the swords, markers of their status, which they have laid on the floor beside them. The chief officials are at the far left and they inspect a few samples presented them in trays. A white document, probably presenting sum totals, sits on the floor in front of one of these samurai. In the lower right sits two people. One is the Chief Inspector of the domain, the Oometsuke. To his right sits a representative of the domain accounting office, kanjougata, and he is weighing a string of coins to confirm that they meet specifications. Manufacturers like to shrink the size of the coins to save money. The three men at top center, called "myoudai," are some kind of representative but of whom I do not know. The two men at the right are two more representatives of the Chief Inspector's office." - Dr. Luke Shepherd Roberts.