Wholesaler - Toiyaba

Japanese: 問屋場 - といやば

A facility that managed the transfer of horses and laborers for official transportation at post stations in the early modern period. It was established at each post station along the Five Highways, and if there were multiple wholesale offices, they operated in shifts of half a month or every 10 days. In addition to the wholesaler and toshiyori (stable officials), the wholesale offices were staffed by subordinates called chozuki (account keeper) and umasashi (horse marshal) who were employed by the wholesaler as servants. The wholesaler managed the horses and men at the post stations and assistant villages, and was in charge of all station duties related to the transfer of horses and men for public and private use, and the resting of the men and women. The toshiyori (stable officials) assisted the wholesaler, the account keeper recorded the daily comings and goings of horses and men, and the horse marshal distributed luggage to the horses and men at the post stations and assistant villages. In 1868, a director of the horse marshal office was appointed, and the wholesaler offices were renamed tenmasho (horse marshal offices). In 1872, the post station system was abolished.
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Japanese:

近世の宿駅において公用交通のための伝馬・人足の継立てを差配する施設。五街道では宿駅ごとに置かれ，複数の問屋場がある場合は半月や10日交替で業務を行った。問屋場には問屋・年寄の宿役人のほか，問屋が奉公人として雇った帳付(ちょうづけ)・馬指(うまさし)という下役が詰めていた。問屋は宿駅・助郷(すけごう)の人馬を差配し，公私の人馬継立てや休泊に関する一切の駅務を管掌した。年寄は問屋の補佐役，帳付は毎日の人馬の出入りを記帳，馬指は宿駅・助郷人馬に荷物を差配した。1868年伝馬所取締役が設置され，問屋場は伝馬所と改称された。1872年宿駅制度が廃止となった。
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