Blind seat - Blind

Japanese: 簾座 - すだれざ

During the Muromachi period, there were merchant guilds that sold blinds. There are two known merchant guilds that sold Yamato's famous thatched blinds, which are as famous as Iyo blinds and Naniwa reed blinds. There were two guilds: Nara-za and Otogi-za. In Nara, Nara-za provided blinds to Kofuku-ji Temple for the Vima-e and Wakamiya Festivals, and regular official services to Kofuku-ji Temple's Ichijo-in Temple, and in Kyoto, they provided blinds for the Kamo Aoi Festival and paid official services to the Honjo Ichijo family. Nara-za had the exclusive right to sell blinds in Yamato (including Nara) north of Kofuku-ji Temple and in Kyoto. These blinds were produced by residents of Otogi-sho in Yamato, and Nara-za merchants purchased them from the residents.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町時代，すだれを販売した商人の座。伊予すだれ，難波の葦すだれと並んで有名な大和の萱すだれを販売した商人の座が知られる。奈良座と乙木座の二つがあった。奈良座は奈良では，興福寺に対し維摩会，若宮祭礼の際に，また興福寺一乗院に対しては定例の公事を納め，京都では賀茂葵祭にすだれを奉仕し，本所一条家に公事を納めた。福寺以北の大和国内(奈良を含む)と京都におけるすだれの販売権は奈良座が独占していた。このすだれを生産していたのは大和乙木荘の住民であり，奈良座の商人は住民からすだれを買い取っていた。

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