Domestic Transportation Company

Japanese: 内国通運会社 - ないこくつううんかいしゃ

This water and land transport company, which had its origins in the Land Transport Company, which was established by a group of former regular couriers, was heavily protected by the government throughout the early Meiji period. The Land Transport Company, which was established in Tokyo in 1872 (Meiji 5), was a transport contractor that transported government mail and general cargo using men and horses from land transport companies that had been established at each station along the route around the same time. However, when the post station system was abolished, the government forced the former post office officials to establish land transport companies at each station, but these often went against the freedom of traffic, and there was no hope for their development as private enterprises.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

旧定飛脚仲間によって設立された陸運元会社を前身とし，明治前期を通じて政府の手厚い保護を受けた水陸運輸会社。1872年(明治5)東京に設立された陸運元会社は，ほぼ同じころ沿道各駅に設立された陸運会社の人馬を利用して，官営郵便物や一般貨物を輸送する運送請負業者であった。しかし，宿駅制度の廃止に際して政府が旧宿役人に半強制的に設立させた各駅の陸運会社は，通行の自由に逆行する場合が多く，私企業としての発展も期待できなかった。

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