Kuniichi

Japanese: 国市 - くにいち

In the Middle Ages, this term refers to a market or local market that played a central or standard role in the exchange of goods within a country or region. Since the Kamakura period, with the development of the commodity-based economy, regular markets have been held nationwide, but many of the regular markets established within a country or a certain region tended to decide their opening dates based on the market day of the most central market in the region, and prices at the market were also determined according to the prices at the central market. The central market within such a network of regular markets within a country or a certain region was called the national market or parent market, and some were held on the same day.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世，一国あるいは一地域内の商品交換において中心的，基準的な機能･役割をもっていた市，あるいは地方の市の意。鎌倉時代以降商品貨幣経済の発展につれて全国的に定期市が開かれるようになったが，一国内あるいは一定地域内に成立した多くの定期市は，それぞれの地方のもっとも中心的な市の市日を基準にして開催日が決められたり，市での価格も中心市の価格に準じて決定される傾向が強まっていた。こうした一国あるいは一定地域内の定期市網のなかでの中心的な市が国市，親市とよばれ，一の日に開かれるものがあった。

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