Nihonbashi Fish Market - Nihonbashi Fish Market

Japanese: 日本橋魚市場 - にほんばしうおいちば

This fish market was held in Nihonbashi from the early modern period until the Showa period. In 1590 (Tensho 18), Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo, and at that time Mori Magoemon, the headman of Tsukuda village in Nishinari county, Setsu Province, led over 30 fishermen from Tsukuda and Owada villages to Edo. They were bestowed with a riverside site in Nihonbashi Hon-Odawara-cho and were given permission to engage in fishing in the rivers and seas around Edo. Part of the catch was provided to the Shogunate's dining hall (it is said that they initially supplied mainly whitebait), and the rest was sold in the city. As the number of fellow fishermen increased and fish sales flourished, Mori Kuemon (Magoemon's eldest son) and others opened a sales floor in Nihonbashi Hon-Odawara-cho during the Keicho period (1596-1615) to receive and sell the remaining fish that had been supplied to the Shogunate.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世初期から昭和期まで日本橋で開かれてきた魚市場。1590年(天正18)徳川家康は江戸に入府したが，その際，摂州西成郡佃村の名主森孫右衛門が佃･大和田両村の漁民30余名を率いて江戸に移住し，日本橋本小田原町の河岸地を拝領，江戸近辺河海の漁業に従事する許可を受けた。その漁獲物の一部は幕府の膳所に供し(当初もっぱら白魚を納めたという)，残余は市街に販売していた。同業者が増加して魚類販売も盛大になったので，慶長年間(1596‐1615)森九右衛門(孫右衛門の長男)らが幕府に納入した残余の魚類を引き受けて販売する便益のために，売場を日本橋本小田原町に開設した。

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