Town people - Machishu

Japanese: 町衆 - まちしゅう

〘 noun 〙 (also "machishu") 1. Town people. Merchants and craftsmen who live in towns. This refers to people who lived in local autonomous communities in the late Middle Ages in towns in Kyoto, Katata in Omi Province, Hirano in Settsu Province, and Sakai in Izumi Province, and were culturally and economically active. In Kyoto, a wide range of people, including usurers such as sake merchants and dokura, lower-ranking samurai and nobles, organized machigumi, ran town affairs centering on monthly events, and carried out events such as the Gion Festival. They were also fond of renga (linked verse), Noh, and tea ceremony, and many were followers of the Nichiren sect. Choshu. *Ishiyama Honganji Diary - Shishinki, Tenbun ₄ (1535), September 3, "The townspeople were _ordered to sign the petition together, and so on." 2. Town officials such as elders and five-man groups in Kyoto and Osaka during the Edo period. Town. Choshu. ※Ukiyo-zoshi: The Appearance of a Girl from the World (1717) vol. 1: "A sudden meeting is made, and the townspeople gather at the meeting hall."

Cho-shu -chau... [townspeople]

〘noun〙① Town residents. People in a town. Machishu. Choshu. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (middle Muromachi period)] ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Ichidai Onna (1686), part 3 "The townspeople (Teushū) wore hakama and katagi, and while holding rosary beads in their hands, they discussed the price of a hanging guide." ② Town elders, Gonin-gumi and other town officials. Machishu. Choshu. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688), part 2 "They dressed the townspeople (Chaushū) in hakama, left their old hometowns and abandoned their children."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「まちしゅ」とも)① 町の人々。町に居住する商人や手工業者。特に、中世末、京都の町々や近江国堅田・摂津国平野・和泉国堺などで地域的に自治的な生活共同体を営み、文化的・経済的に活発な動きをした人々をいう。京都では酒屋土倉などの高利貸業者、下級の武士・公家を含む広汎な層が町組を組織して、月行事を中心に町政を運営し、祇園祭などの行事を執行した。また連歌・能・茶湯などに親しみ、法華宗の信者が多かった。ちょうしゅ。※石山本願寺日記‐私心記・天文四年（1535）九月三日「依_二通路之儀_一、町衆連署させらると云々」② 江戸時代、京都・大坂などで、年寄や五人組などの町役人。町。ちょうしゅ。※浮世草子・世間娘容気（1717）一「俄に寄会ふれさせ、会所へ町衆あつまり」

ちょう‐しゅチャウ‥【町衆】

〘名〙① 町の住人。町内の人々。まちしゅう。ちょうしゅう。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕※浮世草子・好色一代女（1686）三「町衆(テウシュ)はふしゃうの袴肩衣を着て、珠数は手に持ながら掛目安の談合」② 町年寄、五人組などの町役人。まちしゅう。ちょうしゅう。※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）二「町衆(ちゃうシュ)に袴きせて旧里を切て子をひとり捨ける」

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