Ekidansho - Ekidansho

…It is said that there were many such fortune tellers and eight trigram readers in the Tsujitsuji of the Edo period. Those who operated from home were called Ekidansho. In modern times, they have generally come to be called fortune tellers, and many of them also worked as appraisers. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸の町のつじつじにはこうした易者，八卦見が多かったという。自宅営業は易断所といった。近代からは一般に易者といわれるようになり，鑑定兼業のものも多い。…

※「易断所」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報