Abstract
This article analyzes the internal regulations of early modern Osaka's Pawnbrokers' Guild. In addition, it examines official regulations issued by the Osaka City Governor’s Office that guild members were required to observe. Through an analysis of those regulations, it has elucidated three of the guild's key features. First, it has demonstrated that guild members performed a range of official duties under the direction of police officials at the Osaka City Governor's Office. Second, it has clarified the various business activities in which the city's pawnbrokers engaged. Third, it has shown that members of the Pawnbrokers' Guild engaged in a variety of financial activities, including both small- and large-scale money lending.
