Bird seller

Japanese: 鳥売 - とりうり

Around the time of Tenbun in the late Middle Ages, there were three bird traders in Kyoto: Sanjo-za, Gojo-za, and Shichijo-za. The head offices of the Kurai-ryo, Nagahashi-no-tsukasa, and Kayocho-za were the three. These were called the Three Bird Traders. The goods they handled were not limited to birds, but also wolves, monkeys, rabbits, foxes, raccoon dogs, otters, and shrikes. In addition, Toriya Shukuin Rokuro-saburo appears among the members of the Torimochi-za, so it is clear that a za was established for Torimochi, which is a type of bird caught by birds, and that Toriya also sold Torimochi. The predecessor of the Sanjo-za was the Kugonin, and it is said that in the mid-Kamakura period, the Mizushi-dokoro recognized the people who traded fish, birds, and vegetables and sweets south of Sanjo as Kugonin, and imposed taxes on their business instead.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世末天文ごろ，京都に鳥を商う座は三条座，五条座，七条座の3座があり，それぞれ内蔵寮（くらりよう），長橋局，駕輿丁（かよちよう）座が本所であった。これを鳥三座という。扱う品物は鳥に限らず，狼，猿，兎，狐，狸，獺，黏等であった。また，鳥餅座の座衆の中に〈鳥屋宿院六郎三郎〉がみえるので，鳥を捕獲する鳥餅についても座が成立しており，鳥屋が鳥餅も売っていたことがわかる。三条座の前身は供御人（くごにん）であり，鎌倉中期に御厨子所（みずしどころ）が三条以南の〈魚鳥精進(野菜)菓子交易の輩〉を御厨子所供御人と認め，かわりに商売に課税したといわれている。

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