Clothing store - Yofukuya

Japanese: 洋服屋 - ようふくや

A shop that tailors and sells Western clothing. Japan's clothing industry was established in Yokohama by Westerners who arrived there after the port was opened to the public at the end of the Edo period. In 1867 (Keio 3), tailors (men's clothing tailoring) Radage-Oelke & Co. (Germany) and Rotmund & Co. (Germany), and dressmaker (women's clothing tailoring) Mrs. Pearson (England) opened their doors. Masuda Bunkichi and Seki Seikichi, who worked at these companies and learned their skills, opened their own clothing stores in the early Meiji period. Their stores were called Hakuraiya.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

洋服の仕立てや販売を行う店のこと。日本の洋服業は，幕末の開港後の横浜で来航西洋人によって開かれた。1867年(慶応3)に，テーラー(男子洋服仕立業)の〈ラダーゲ=オエルケ商会〉(ドイツ)，〈ロートムンド商会〉(ドイツ)，ドレスメーカー(婦人洋服仕立業)の〈ミセス･ピアソン〉(イギリス)が開業した。これらに入店して技術を習得した増田文吉，関清吉らの洋服屋開業は明治初年であった。彼らの店は舶来屋と呼ばれた。

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