Fan seat - Ogiza

Japanese: 扇座 - おうぎざ

A group of fan merchants in the Middle Ages. From the Muromachi and Sengoku periods through the early modern period, this group still combined manufacturing and sales. As seen in the "Teikin Orai" (Teikin Orai), the fans made by Kidono Komai of Takatsukasa Street have been famous since the early Muromachi period. A monk and nun living near Kidono learned the manufacturing method, and moved to Kasuga Higashinotoin and then to the west of Gojobashi to begin making Miedo fans. Miedo fans are of particularly high quality, and are said to "not compare to those made by Miedo." Other fan shops include Hotei-ya and Daikoku-ya in Kamigyo-Ogawa, Kaga Yuken, Kawauchi-ya, Zen'ami, and Kamakura-ya in Ichijo-Ogawa, and it can be said that the fan troupe was formed when these fan shops were brought together into one organization.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世における扇商人の座。室町･戦国期から近世初期にかけては，まだ製造と販売の結合した座であった。《庭訓往来》に城殿（きどの）扇があるように，鷹司通の城殿駒井氏によって製作された扇が室町初期から著名である。城殿の近くに住む僧尼が製法を学び，春日東洞院ついで五条橋西へ移って作りはじめたのが御影堂扇である。御影堂扇はとくに品質優秀で，〈御影堂の製におよばず〉とされている。このほか上京小川の布袋屋，大黒屋，一条小川の加賀祐賢，川内屋，善阿弥，鎌倉屋などの扇屋があり，これらの扇屋が一つの組織にまとめられてきたのが扇座であるといえよう。

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