Cheap lodging - Kitchen

A lodging facility during the transitional period when people were moving from sleeping outdoors to staying in inns. From the Genki (1570-73) to the Keicho (1596-1615) eras, common people would travel with dried rice, rice, pickled radishes, etc., and would only receive hot water at lodging facilities. Since people had to pay for the fuel, i.e. firewood and wood money, these lodging facilities were called kochin-yuku (wooden lodging facilities). Horses used more hot water than people, so the wood money was also higher for horses. In 1611 (Keicho 16), it was set at 3 mon for people and 6 mon for horses, but the difference was narrowed later. In 1665 (Kanbun 5), the master was paid 16 mon and the servant 6 mon. This difference between master and servant was abolished in 1866 (Keio 2). A step further from this mochi lodging was the mochi rice lodging, where you would buy rice prepared in advance at the lodging house, cook your own meals, and pay the mochi fee plus the cost of the rice. However, cooking your own meals while traveling is hard, so gradually inns came into being that provided snacks, food, and alcohol. Even after the mochi lodging developed into inns, there remained lodgings where you could stay for cheap fees such as roof fee and futon fee, and even after the Meiji period, they were still called mochi lodging, and still exist in outlying areas today.

[Mami Yamauchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

野宿から旅籠(はたご)に移行する過渡期の宿泊所。元亀(げんき)（1570～73）から慶長(けいちょう)（1596～1615）のころの庶民の旅は、干飯(ほしいい)、米、大根漬けなどを携行し、宿泊所では湯をもらうだけであった。その燃料代つまり薪代(まきだい)・木銭（木賃）を払ったところから、その宿を木賃宿とよんだ。湯の使用量は人間よりも馬のほうが多いので、木賃も馬のほうが高く、1611年（慶長16）には人は銭3文、馬は6文と規定されたが、のちにその差は縮まった。また1665年（寛文5）には主人16文、従者6文。この主人と従者との差は1866年（慶応2）から廃止された。この木賃宿泊を一歩押し進めたのが木賃米宿泊で、あらかじめ宿泊所で用意された米を買って自炊し、木銭と米代をあわせて支払うものであった。しかし旅中での自炊はたいへんなので、しだいに菓子や酒食までも備えて泊める旅籠ができるようになった。木賃宿が旅籠に発達しても、屋根銭とかふとん代といって安い料金で泊める宿は残り、明治以降もそれを木賃宿と称し、いまも場末などに残っている。

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