In return, the Imperial Court dispatched an officer called 'karamono no tsukai' (Supervisor of Chinese goods), giving him the privilege to preferentially purchase Chinese goods including scrolls of Buddhist scriptures, statues of Buddha, Buddhist altar fittings, medicines and spices on behalf of the Imperial Court and nobles. そして朝廷から唐物使(からものつかい)という役人が派遣され、経巻や仏像仏具、薬品や香料など宮中や貴族から依頼された商品を優先的に買い上げた。 |