Countryside - Inakaza

...By exercising their monopoly rights, these companies strengthened the ties between different occupations. From around the time of the Northern and Southern Courts, commercial and industrial troupes called "inakaza" were formed in rural areas by farmers who had side jobs on the farm. There are countless examples, such as the Houchi and Obata merchant troupes in the eastern part of Omi Lake, the Otogi Kayasudare troupe and the Yagi Goma Nakagai troupe in Yamato Province, and so on. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これらは営業独占権を行使することによって，職種別結合を強固ならしめたといえる。農村にも，南北朝ごろから〈田舎座〉といわれる商工業座が，農間副業の農民によって結成された。近江湖東の保内や小幡商人などの座，大和国の乙木萱簾（おとぎかやすだれ）座や矢木胡麻仲買座など，枚挙にいとまがない。…

※「田舎座」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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