Buying rice - Kaimai

Japanese: 買米 - かいまい

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, in order to prevent the price of rice from falling below the standard price, merchants in the city were permitted to purchase large quantities of rice. Also, that rice. It is also used when the shogunate itself purchased rice held by rice merchants. It was also practiced in each feudal domain, and the Sendai domain forcibly purchased Sakutoku rice and sold it in the Edo market to monopolize the profits. [Shoho Jiroku 2, November 1725 (10th year of the Kyoho era)]

Buying rice

〘 noun 〙 Rice purchased for storage. Kaigome. ⇔ Rice for sale. ※Shiseitsu (1724) 9 "When the Qin Dynasty suffered a famine, they begged the Jin Dynasty for rice ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、米価が標準値段以下に低落するのを防ぐため、市中の商人に許された米の大口買い付け。また、その米。米商人手持ち米を幕府自身が買い取る場合にもいう。各藩でも行なわれ、仙台藩では作徳米を強制的に買い上げ、これを江戸の市場へ売却して利益の独占をはかったりした。〔正宝事録‐二・享保一〇年（1725）一一月〕