Terashima Touemon

Japanese: 寺島藤右衛門 - てらしま・とうえもん

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A privileged townsman from Osaka during the Edo period. Terashima Touemon, Amagasakiya Mataemon, and Yamamura Yosuke, who had close ties to the Tokugawa family, are known to the world as the "Three Townsmen." The Terashima family originated from Terashima, Konagawa, Kii Province (Wakayama Prefecture), and the Terashima surname is derived from this. The first Saburozaemon was a tile maker by trade, and was contracted by the Toyotomi family to make tiles, and was also commissioned by the Tokugawa family to make tiles. The second Sozaemon was bestowed a residence in Minami Kawarayacho, Osaka in 1615 (Genna 1). After the third Gorobei, the fourth Touemon was given a tile quarry on the land adjacent to the residence's site northeast in 1630 (Kan'ei 7). This is called the Kawaraya Touemon land acquisition. From then until the Meiji Restoration, the Terashima family continued to hold the privilege of monopolizing roof tile sales, and supplied tiles to the Imperial Palace, Osaka Castle, Nijo Castle, and many other shrines and temples.

(Yotaro Sakudo)

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Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸時代大坂の門閥的特権町人。徳川家に縁故の深かった寺島藤右衛門,尼崎屋又右衛門,山村与助の3人を世に「三町人」と呼ぶ。寺島家は紀伊国(和歌山県)粉河寺島の出身で,寺島姓はこれに由来している。初代三郎左衛門は瓦職を家業とし,豊臣家から瓦の御用を受け,徳川家からも瓦御用を仰せつけられた。2代惣左衛門は元和1(1615)年大坂南瓦屋町に屋敷地を拝領した。3代五郎兵衛ののち,4代藤右衛門のとき,寛永7(1630)年にその屋敷地の東北続きの土地に瓦土取場が与えられた。これを瓦屋藤右衛門請地という。その後明治維新に至るまで,寺島家は瓦専売権の特権を引き続いて所有し,禁裏,大坂城,二条城そのほか多数の神社・仏閣などの瓦御用を勤めた。

(作道洋太郎)

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