Bank deposits - nyugin

Japanese: 入銀 - にゅうぎん

〘Noun〙① (A word used in the Edo period) = nyūkin (deposit)①※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Seisui-ki (1688), 3 "Excessive silver coming from outside"② In the Edo period, when a book was published, a deposit was paid by those who wanted to buy it. Also, the money. ※Haiku, Saikaku Oyakazu (1681), 31 "When the wind has healed, the cherry blossoms are placed under the board (Tomoyuki) The mountain of silver deposits naturally becomes clouds (Chikayuki)"③ A business practice in the publishing world during the Meiji and Taisho periods. Publishers would send a bank deposit ledger to their distributors along with actual samples of books they expected to sell well, and ask them to enter the number of copies required, and the publisher would then reduce the wholesale net price for this number of copies as a gift.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (江戸時代に用いられた語) ＝にゅうきん（入金）①※浮世草子・好色盛衰記（1688）三「外よりは過分の入銀」② 江戸時代、本の出版に際し、購入希望者が予約金を納めること。また、その金銭。※俳諧・西鶴大矢数（1681）第三一「治って風桜板下に(ちり)はめて〈友雪〉入銀の山おのづから雲〈近雪〉」③ 明治・大正時代、出版界で行なわれた商慣習。版元が、売れ行きを期待した書籍の実物見本とともに入銀帳を取次店に回し、所要部数の記入を求め、版元はこの部数に対しては祝儀として卸正味を安くしたこと。

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