Saleswoman - Hisagime

Japanese: 販女 - ひさぎめ

A female peddler. Women have had a close relationship with markets and commerce since ancient times, and the name "Hisagime" appears in the "Wamyo-sho." Volume 31 of the "Konjaku Monogatarishu" contains a story about a "saleswoman" who gets drunk and sells "sushi sweetfish" that is soiled with vomit. In fishing villages, wives often sell the fish and shellfish that their husbands caught to neighboring farming villages and towns. These women peddlers were often called "itadaki," "sasage," "kaberi," "shoikagobote," "katsugikko," or "otata," based on the way they carried the goods.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

女性の行商人をいう。女性と市や商業との関係は古くから密接で，〈ひさぎめ〉の名は《和名抄》にもみえる。また《今昔物語集》巻三十一には酒に酔ってへどで汚した売物の〈鮨鮎〉をそのまま売り歩く〈販婦〉の話がある。漁村では，夫が漁により得た魚介を，妻が近隣の農村や町へ売り歩くことが多かった。これらの行商婦人を，その運搬の姿から，イタダキ，ササゲ，カベリ，ショイカゴボテ，カツギッコ，オタタなどと呼ぶところが多かった。

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