Memorandum of Enomoto Yazaemon - Enomoto Yazaemon's memorandum

Japanese: 榎本弥左衛門覚書 - えのもとやざえもんおぼえがき

These are two volumes of memorandums recorded by Enomoto Yazaemon Tadashige (1625-86), a merchant from Kawagoe, Musashi Province, in the early Edo period. He traded salt, rice and miscellaneous grains in Kawagoe and Edo from 1639 (Kan'ei 16) until just before his death, and left behind two invaluable historical documents: Mitsuko no Kaku (1680-84), a memoir of his life from the age of three, and Man no Kaku (1680), a miscellaneous record of business, social conditions, and incidents. These are included in the Kawagoe City History, Historical Materials, Early Modern Period II. [Ono Mizuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸前期武蔵国川越の商人榎本弥左衛門忠重(1625‐86)が記録した2冊の覚書。彼は1639年(寛永16)から死の直前まで川越，江戸で下り塩，米雑穀などを商い，3歳からの生涯を追懐記述した《三ツ子之覚》(1680‐84)，商売や世相，事件などを雑多に記した《万之覚》(1680)を残し，貴重な史料とした。《川越市史》史料編近世IIに収録。【大野瑞男】

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