Candy seller - Ameuri

Japanese: あめ売(飴売) - あめうり

A merchant who sells candy on the street. There were peddlers known as furiuri (candy sellers) and those who operated outside stalls at festivals and other events. Furiuri appeared in the Muromachi period under the name of jiousen uri (rehmannia glutinous rice cake sellers), and in the Edo period, candy sellers with a variety of elaborate designs appeared. As the main customers of candy sellers were the classes of people who could not afford expensive sweets made with sugar, especially the children of the common people, candy sellers who wore outlandish costumes and walked around singing funny songs were very popular. During the Meiwa period (1764-72) in Edo, a candy seller named Dohei was very popular.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

街頭であめを売る商人。振売（ふりうり）の行商人と縁日などで露天営業するものとがあった。振売のほうは室町期に地黄煎（じおうせん）売の名で見え，江戸時代になるとさまざまな趣向をこらしたものが登場した。高価な砂糖を使った菓子には手が届かなかった階層，とくにそうした庶民の子どもたちがあめ売の最大の顧客であったから，奇抜な扮装をしたり，おもしろおかしい歌をうたって囃（はや）し歩くあめ売は人気のまとであった。明和(1764‐72)のころ江戸では土平（どへい）というあめ売が評判だった。

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