Rice wholesaler - Komedoya

Japanese: 米問屋 - こめどいや

〘 noun 〙 A wholesaler who buys rice from producers and sells it to retailers. Komedonya. ※Kanazoshi Ukiyo Monogatari (around 1665) 2 “A certain rice wholesaler (komedohiya no kado ni tachi nari) ” [Etymology] (1) In early modern Osaka, rice trading was centered on stored rice, and the storehouses were in a sense in the position of wholesalers, while brokers were in opposition to them. The term “rice wholesaler” was used to refer to a part of these brokers.
(2) In Edo, those who bought rice from Kamigata-suji were called "honmai-tonya" or "kome-tonya" (rice wholesalers), and were distinguished from "ji-mawari-oku-tonya" (rice wholesalers who bought rice from the local area or the inner areas). There were other places called "kome-tonya" (rice wholesalers), and even after the Meiji period, those who sold rice wholesale were generally called "kome-tonya" (rice wholesalers).

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Japanese:

〘名〙生産者から米を買い入れて小売商におろす問屋。こめどんや。※仮名草子・浮世物語（1665頃）二「ある米問(コメドヒ)やの門(かど)に立たり」[語誌](1)近世大坂の米取引は蔵米に重点がおかれ、蔵屋敷がいわば問屋の地位にあり、仲買がこれに対立していた。「米問屋」という呼称は、この仲買の一部に対して使われたもの。
(2)江戸では、上方筋からの下り米を引き受けるものを「本米問屋」または「米問屋」といい、地廻り米や奥筋米を引き受ける「地廻り奥問屋」と区別した。その他各地に米問屋と称するものがあり、明治以降も、米の卸売をするものを一般に米問屋と呼んだ。

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