Nine colors group - Kuishikishu

…The Nakamichi road runs through the area, connecting Koshu and Suruga in the shortest distance, and the local people have been engaged in commerce since ancient times, selling woodworking products. The Takeda clan made important use of the Kuishikishu, the headmen of the area, for border security and lumber apprenticeship, and granted them various business licenses for protection. The Kuishikishu were instrumental in the entry of Tokugawa Ieyasu into Koshu in 1582 (Tensho 10), and Tokugawa Ieyasu approved the privileges of the local people. From then on, the local people continued to trade widely as Kuishikigo privileged merchants throughout the early modern period, dealing in tobacco from Nishigori, tea, fish, and salt from Suruga, and doing business widely even in neighboring countries. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kuichishikishu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…甲駿間を最短距離で結ぶ中道が走っており，木工品の販売のため郷民は古くから商業に携わっていた。武田氏は国境警備や材木奉公等のために，この地の名主層である九一色衆を重用し，保護のために諸商売免許の特権を与えた。九一色衆は1582年(天正10)徳川家康の入甲に功あり，徳川家康からも郷民の特権が承認され，以後郷民は近世を通し九一色郷特権商人として，西郡のタバコ，駿河の茶や魚類，塩等を扱い，近隣の国々まで広く商売を行った。…

※「九一色衆」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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