丸山, 美季
学習院大学人文科学論集 = Gakushuin University studies in humanities 5 1-31 1996年9月30日
Since the middle period of the late TQkugawa, the Nishikawa area(Which is a plantation of Japan ceder and Japenese cypress around upper streams of the Iruma River, the Koma River and the Oppe River in Saita 皿a)had been developed as an important source of supply for private timber to the market of Edo, The timber produced there was carried in fioats to Edo and called“Nishikawazai”. Here I picked up the casd of the Machidas in Kaminaguri-mura, Chichibu-gun of Musashi province who was one of the richest farmer in Nishikawa and was eager to expand in Edo. Especially, I try to analyse the actual condition of mallagement in the case of Yasusuke’s shop which opened in 1828, in relation to the movement of lumber market in Edo. The Machidas had already opened two lumber wholesalers, Machidaya・Eisuke’s shop and Fujitaya-kisuke’s shop, at Imato-cho of Asakusa which was convenient to receive goods during the Kallsei period(1789-1800). That is, the Machidas had got capital of“Kawabeichibangumifurudoiya”, which was one of timber wholesalers in Edo and dealt in timber and charcoal from the suburbs of Edo, and started a direct dealing. In other words, the Machidas could build a route from product to distribution and sale(halfway)totally by themselves, having shops in Edo, as that result, they could send timber to Edo with advantage。 Both shops had beeII developed well because they were t1ed directly to a producing center and could bring goods safely. In addition, as the third shop, Yasusuke’s shop was opened at Hisanaga-cho of Fukagawa in the Bunsei period. It has an important poillt that they opened the shop in Fukagawa which was becoming a center of timber transactions at that time. Yasusuke’s shop had been expanding, getting a new place for sale, though it showed a loss at first. Also, another two shops were opened in Fnkagawa by the first year of“Tenpo”, and the management of the Machidas tended to expand for a while. However it was reduced soon.
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