Residence owner - residence owner

Japanese: 居停主人 - きょていしゅじん

…In the Song dynasty, they were called 'tōbō' (a residence), 'tōbō' (a storage facility), 'tai-tōjiō' (a storage facility), etc., and in the Ming dynasty, the term 'tōbō' was used, but in the Qing dynasty, they were called 'gyōdō' (a storage facility), 'gyōzan' (a storage facility), 'tai-zan' (a storage facility), etc. Warehouses were sometimes operated jointly by inns, and in the Tang dynasty, their managers were called 'jūten-shujin' (a storage facility owner), or simply 'shujin' (a storage facility owner), and they not only kept the goods, but also sold them under their own name on behalf of the shippers, and sometimes even purchased the goods themselves. Such consignment sales were generally the business of 'ya-gō' (a storage facility owner), but in the Tang dynasty, they were apparently carried out by 'jūten-shujin' (a storage facility owner). …

From [Warehouse]

…In the Song dynasty, they were called 'dian' (residence storehouse), 'toubou' (storehouse), 'taitajiyo' (storehouse), etc. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the person in charge of the warehousing business was called 'jucheng shujin' (housekeeper), or simply 'shujin' (master), and not only did they store the goods, but also bought and sold the goods on behalf of the shippers, like a wholesaler. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, middlemen called 'yahang' (agents of trade) also operated warehouses, and they were called 'hangdian' (storehouse), 'hangzan' (storehouse), etc. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ishitai Shujin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宋代には邸店のほか，榻坊（とうぼう），堆垜場（たいたじよう）などと呼ばれ，明代には榻坊の語が用いられたが，清代になると行店，行桟，桟房，堆桟などと称せられた。倉庫は旅館によって兼営されることもあったが，その経営者は唐代では居停主人，または単に主人と呼ばれ，荷物を預かるにとどまらず，荷主の委託をうけて自己名義で売却し，ときには貨物を買い入れたりもした。このような委託売買は一般的には牙行の業務であったが，唐代では居停主人が行ったようである。…

【倉庫】より

…宋代には，邸店のほか，搨坊（とうぼう）あるいは堆垜場（たいたじよう）などと呼ばれた。倉庫業の責任者は，唐･宋時代には居停主人あるいは単に主人と呼ばれ，荷物を預かるだけでなく，問屋のごとく荷主の委託をうけて荷物の売買さえ行った。明･清時代になると，仲買業者たる牙行が倉庫を兼営するにいたり，行店あるいは行桟などと呼ばれた。…

※「居停主人」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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