Oguchiya Hachibei - Oguchiya Hachibei

...This refers to a group of wealthy Edo merchants who, around the time of the Meiwa to Tenmei era (1764-89) in the mid-Edo period, boasted of their extravagant spending habits and pretended to be connoisseurs. These included Oguchiya Jihei Kyou, Oguchiya Yabei Kinsui, Omiya Saheiji Keisha, Shimonoya Juemon Giran and other billbrokers from Kuramae, Asakusa, Daikokuya Hidetami, Matsuzakaya Kusayoshi and other Yoshiwara brothel owners, Murataya Hosen (a scholar of Japanese classics), Katsuragawa Hoshu (a physician), and Taruya Banzan (a town elder). "18" is a lucky number, so it is not necessarily the case that 18 people were specifically named. ...

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

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…江戸中期の明和～天明(1764‐89)ごろに，豪奢な消費ぶりを誇って通人を気どった一群の江戸富裕商人をいう。大口屋治兵衛暁雨，大口屋八兵衛金翠，近江屋佐平次景舎，下野屋十右衛門祗蘭ら浅草蔵前の札差や，大黒屋秀民，松坂屋草嘉ら吉原娼家の主人のほか，村田屋帆船(国学者)，桂川甫周(医師)，樽屋万山(町年寄)らがいた。〈十八〉は福数で，必ずしも18人が特定されていたわけではない。…

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