Big wholesaler - Odonya

... The receiving wholesalers were entrusted with the sale of a wide variety of goods from various regions, and sold each item to specialized wholesalers and middlemen, taking a commission. In some cities, they were called "Yorozu-tonya" or "O-tori-ya." From the mid-modern period onwards, as the commodity economy developed and commercial organizations were established, receiving wholesalers tended to decline as each item was often sold directly to the respective specialized wholesalers and middlemen, but they continued to exist until the Meiji period. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "dai-wholesale" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　諸地方から多種類の商品の販売を委託されて，各商品をそれぞれ専門の問屋，仲買へ売りさばき，口銭を取ったのは荷受問屋であった。都市によっては万（よろず）問屋とか，大問屋といわれた。荷受問屋は近世中期以降，商品経済が進展し，商業組織が整備されてくると，品物ごとに直接それぞれの専門の問屋，仲買へ売り渡されることが多くなり，衰退の傾向にあったが，明治期まで存続した。…

※「大問屋」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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