Bamboo seller

Japanese: 竹売 - たけうり

A type of merchant in the Middle Ages. Their name appears in the Thirty-two Artisans' Poetry Contest, but as commodity distribution became more active during the Muromachi period, there were cases of farmers expanding into bamboo sales. In Fukakusa and Kowata near Kyoto, there were Takekugonin (bamboo sellers) belonging to the Yamashina family, but in 1481 (Bunmei 13), the two sides fought over their interests, and it is said that "Fushimi (Fukakusa) was a Hisashikiguonin, Obata was Chikashi," which indicates that Kowata expanded into bamboo sales later than Fukakusa. In addition, the Yamashina family also had the "Takeuri Sanshosha," one of the Sansho that were discriminated against.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世における商人の一種。《三十二番職人歌合》にその名がみえるが，室町時代に商品流通が盛んになるにしたがって，農民が竹売に進出する例がみられた。京都近郊の深草と木幡には，山科家に属する竹供御人（たけくごにん）がいたが，1481年(文明13)，両者はその利権について争い〈伏見(深草)ハひさしき供御人，小幡ハちかし〉といわれているのは，木幡が深草より後に竹売に進出したことを示している。山科家にはこのほか，差別をうけた散所の一つである〈竹うり散所者〉が所属していた。

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