Night Market - Yomise

Japanese: 夜店 - よみせ

A stall set up by street vendors at night. Originally it referred to nighttime operations permitted in Yoshiwara, Edo in 1725 (Kyoho 10), but in the 19th century, it came to refer to stalls set up on roads, in the precincts of shrines and temples, and in front of gates at night by street vendors such as "hoshimise" in the Kyoto-Osaka region and "tentoboshi" in Edo. This was first seen in Osaka, and in Edo during the Bunsei era (1818-1830). Night stalls were controlled by incense sellers, and a wide variety of goods, both old and new, were sold. After the Meiji era, lighting was improved to acetylene and electric lights, and night stalls became more popular, but in modern times they are restricted to festivals, fairs, and specific locations.

[Hikari Sasaki]

Night Market in Junkeicho
Junkeicho is the old name of the area in Minamisenba, Chuo Ward, Osaka City, which is said to have been named after the residence of Tsutsui Junkei. During the Edo period, Junkeicho Street was the eastern passage to the neighboring Shinmachi red-light district, and was famous for the "Junkeicho Evening Market" and "Junkeicho Night Market." Utagawa Hiroshige's "Naniwa Meisho Zue Junkeicho Night Market" ( Nippon Diet Library collection )

Night Market in Junkeicho

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

夜間に露天商が開く出し店。もとは1725年（享保10）江戸・吉原で許可された夜間営業をさしたが、19世紀、京坂地方で「乾(ほ)し見世」、江戸で「天道干(てんとぼし)」といった露天商が、道路や社寺の境内、門前で夜間に出す店をもさすようになった。これは大坂が早く、江戸では文政(ぶんせい)年間（1818～30）に現れた。夜店全体は香具師(やし)に統制され、新古種々雑多の品物が扱われた。明治以後、アセチレン、電灯へと照明が改良され、夜店は盛んになっていったが、現代は祭礼、縁日や特定の場所にのみ制約されている。

［佐々木日嘉里］

順慶町の夜店
順慶町は、筒井順慶の宅地があったことから名づけられたとされる現大阪市中央区南船場の旧町名。江戸時代、順慶町通は隣接する新町遊廓への東側通路にあたり、「順慶町の夕市」、「順慶町の夜店」として著名であった。歌川広重画『浪花名所図会　順慶町夜店之図』国立国会図書館所蔵">

順慶町の夜店

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