Temple money - Terase

A fee that a gambling gambler takes from customers after each bet. Gambling gamblers have been collecting fees since the Heian period, when gamblers first appeared. The name "tera-sen" was created in the Edo period, and it is said that it was derived from the fact that gambling was held at temples, and the money was used to build the temples. However, it is more plausible that the white cloth used to cover the trays is called "tera" (cloth), just like the "tera" in "dotera" (traditional Japanese robe), and that the name "tera-sen" refers to the fee for the tray mats. Tera-sen is taken from the winner, and the rule is that it is four percent of the bet. There are also various other methods, such as taking 10% when sixes are lined up, or only when two numbers are lined up, or when two, four, six, or seven are rolled on a chin. Terazeni was the name given to a gambling hall when it was opened by a boss whose territory it was; when it was opened in someone else's territory it was called "kasuri," and when a boss retired and received a percentage of the profits from the new boss as retirement pay, it was called "kokutori."

[Kuramochi Sadasuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

賭博(とばく)の開帳者が勝負のつど客からとる手数料。賭博の開帳者が手数料を徴収することは、平安時代から博徒の発生とともに行われていた。寺銭という名称は江戸時代につくられたもので、その由来については、寺で賭博を開帳したから、寺の建立費にあてたからなどといわれるが、盆の上を白い布で覆うところから、褞袍(どてら)のてらと同じく、布をてらといい、盆茣蓙(ござ)の上の手数料という意味でてら銭といったとする説がうなずける。寺銭は勝ったほうからとるが、賭(か)け金の四分が原則で、ほかに、六の目がそろったときは1割、二つの目がそろったとき、または丁で2、4、6、半で7の目数が出たときだけとるなどいろいろな方法が行われている。寺銭は、その賭博場を縄張りとする親分が開帳したときの名称で、他人の縄張りを借りて開帳したときは「かすり」といい、親分が隠居したのち新しい親分から隠居料として利益の何割かを受け取るのを「こく取り」という。

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