Dried sardine wholesaler - Hoshikadonya

Japanese: 干鰯問屋 - ほしかどんや

In the Edo period, this was a wholesaler that dealt in dried sardines for fish fertilizer. In addition to dried sardines, they also traded fish cakes and herring meal, but as cotton cultivation spread in the Kinai region, the demand for fish fertilizer increased, and in 1624, a dried sardine landing site was opened at Eitaihama in Osaka, and dried sardine wholesalers began to live in Utsubo Island. In 1653, they formed a group and developed new fishing grounds by lending funds to fishing bosses in Shikoku and Kyushu, while also promoting cotton cultivation and developing sales channels in areas cultivated with rapeseed, indigo, and fruit. Dried sardines from the Boso Peninsula were handled by a dried sardine wholesaler in Uraga, but later a dried sardine wholesaler in Edo set up a landing site in Fukagawa and received official recognition from the Stock Association in 1739. During the late Edo period, herring fertilizer, known as Matsumae products, began to be sold in large quantities.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，魚肥(ぎょひ)の干鰯を扱った問屋(といや)。干鰯のほか〆粕(しめかす)・鰊(にしん)粕などを取引したが，畿内(きない)では綿作の植付けが広がるにつれて魚肥の需要が伸び，1624年には大坂の永代浜(えいたいはま)に干鰯揚場(あげば)が開設され，靭島(うつぼのしま)に干鰯問屋中買が集住するようになった。1653年仲間を結成し，四国・九州の網元(あみもと)に資金を貸与するなどして新たな漁場を開発するとともに，綿作の普及をはじめ菜種・藍作・果樹などの栽培地をも販路として開拓していった。房総(ぼうそう)の干鰯は浦賀(うらが)の干鰯問屋が扱っていたが，のち江戸の干鰯問屋が深川(ふかがわ)に揚場を設けて，1739年には株仲間の公認を受けている。幕末期には松前物(まつまえもの)と称された鰊肥料が大量に出回るようになった。

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