Waste paper purchase

… In the early modern period, waste paper dealers were already present in the city of Kyoto. In the Jinrin Kinmou Zui (Illustrated Guide to Humanity and the Law), published in 1690 (Genroku 3), a female waste paper dealer is depicted carrying a large cloth bag on her shoulder and a balance pole, and she says that she would buy up any paper she could find and sell it to a repairer (possibly a recycling company). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "buying waste paper" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近世前期にすでに京の町には紙くず買がいた。1690年(元禄3)刊の《人倫訓蒙図彙（じんりんきんもうずい）》には，大きな布袋を肩にかけ，さおばかりを携えた女の紙くず買の姿が描かれ，紙であればなんでも買い集めて直し屋(再生処理業者か)へ売るとしてある。…

※「紙くず買」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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