Shipping wholesaler

Japanese: 廻船問屋 - かいせんどんや

In the Edo period, shipping businesses owned ships and transported goods. Many of them not only transported goods but also bought and sold goods. They originated from the Toi and Toimaru ships of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, but from the end of the Muromachi period, transportation and sales gradually became separate. In the Edo period, shipping wholesalers specialized in shipping, such as the Hishigaki Kaisen and the Taru Kaisen, appeared. However, some ships, such as the Hokkoku Kaisen (Kitamae-bune), did not rely on freight, but instead purchased various products from Hokuriku, Tohoku, and Ezo, sold them in the Kansai region, and also purchased daily necessities before sailing back to the northern regions the following spring, and the ship owners also acted as wholesalers.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，廻船を所有し物資輸送を業とした海運業者。輸送だけでなく物資の売買をも兼ねたものが多い。鎌倉，室町時代の問 (とい) ，問丸 (といまる) などに起源をもち，室町時代末期から輸送と売買とは次第に分離するようになった。江戸時代に入ると，菱垣廻船，樽廻船のように海運専業の廻船問屋も出現した。しかしなかには北国廻船 (→北前船 ) のように運賃積みによらず，北陸，東北，蝦夷の諸産物を買入れては上方で売りさばき，同時に日用品を買込んで，翌春北国に帰航するものもあり，船主は売買問屋も兼ねていた。

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