Thread master - Ito-toshi

Japanese: 糸元師 - いともとし
Thread master - Ito-toshi

...The silk-reeling techniques at the time were very simple, called dotori and tebiki, but in the 19th century, the zasuri method was invented, which used gears and belts to accelerate the rotation of the reel. Raw silk production was mainly carried out as a side job by farmers, and merchants called itoshi or itomotoshi bought raw silk. Some of them operated a prepayment wholesale system, buying raw cocoons and distributing them to farmers for spinning. The opening of the port in 1859 (Ansei 6) led to a dramatic increase in raw silk production for export. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "itomotoshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時の繰糸技術は胴取や手挽(てびき)と呼ばれたごく簡単なものであったが,19世紀に入るころ糸枠の回転を歯車やベルトによって加速する座繰が発明された。生糸生産はおもに農家の副業として行われ,糸師ないし糸元師と呼ばれる商人が生糸を買い集めたが,彼らのなかには原料繭を買い集めて農家へ配り賃挽をさせる前貸問屋制を営む者もあった。 1859年(安政6)の開港は輸出向け生糸生産を激増させた。…

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