Rescue hut - Osukuigoya

Japanese: 御救小屋 - おすくいごや
Rescue hut - Osukuigoya
〘 noun 〙 A temporary facility established in the Edo period to provide relief to the poor who had lost both food and housing due to famine, disasters, etc. ※Essays, Kyokutei Zakki (early 19th century) "They ordered the construction of relief huts and (omitted) to provide food to wealthy merchants who were not doing the same as in Shin-Yoshiwara Town."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代、飢饉、災害などによって食も家も失った窮民を救済するために、臨時に設けられた施設。※随筆・曲亭雑記(19C前)「御救小屋を造らして、〈略〉新吉原町並に施行をせざる富商にその炊出しを命ぜられ」

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