Purveyor - Goyoutashi

Japanese: 御用達 - ごようたし

In the Edo period, privileged merchants had access to the government offices and mansions of the shogunate and various feudal domains, and supplied their needs. They were also called goyokiki (official servants), goyō merchants (official merchants), or omakanai (official food). The main types of merchants were the shogunate's gold and silver zain (financial accountants), the gold and silver exchange corps, the government's kimono makers and confectioners, the kakeya (official storekeepers), kuramoto (storekeepers), and fudasashi (paper brothels) of the various feudal domains and samurai. There were also craftsmen such as tatami makers, joiners, lacquerers, and painters who handled daily necessities and luxury goods. Many were allowed to use their surnames and carry swords, and were given rice allowances and mansions, and some used their business privileges to amass great wealth. From the mid-Edo period onwards, due to financial difficulties of the shogunate and various feudal domains, they were increasingly required to pay government taxes, and some daimyo-gashi (feudal lenders) such as Konoike in Osaka and Mitani in Edo became deeply involved in the financial policies of the shogunate and various feudal domains. With the collapse of the shogunate-han system, most of them went into ruin.

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:

江戸時代，幕府・諸藩の役所・屋敷に出入りし，その需要を賄った特権商人。御用聞(ごようきき)・御用商人・御賄(おまかない)などとも称された。主なものとして幕府の金座・銀座の座人，金銀為替組・公儀呉服師・菓子師，諸藩や旗本の掛屋(かけや)・蔵元(くらもと)・札差(ふださし)らがおり，そのほか生活用品や奢侈(しゃし)品をあつかった畳師・指物師・塗師・絵師らの職人もいた。多くは苗字帯刀を許され，扶持米・屋敷を給されるなど厚遇され，営業上の特権を利用して巨万の富を築く者もいた。江戸時代中期以降，幕府・諸藩の財政逼迫に伴い御用金を課せられることが多くなり，大坂の鴻池(こうのいけ)や江戸の三谷(みたに)ら大名貸(だいみょうがし)で幕府・諸藩の財政政策に深く関わる者も出た。幕藩体制の崩壊とともにほとんどが没落した。

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