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*''Japanese'': 問屋場 ''(toiyaba)''

*''Japanese'': 問屋場 ''(toiyaba)''

''Toiyaba'' were offices, located at [[post-stations]] (''shukuba'') along the major [[highways]] of early modern Japan, which provided porters and horses for travelers, as well as facilitating the passing along of letters and packages, especially for samurai and other elites.

''Toiyaba'' were offices, located at [[post-stations]] (''shukuba'') along the major [[highways]] of early modern Japan, which provided porters and horses for travelers, as well as facilitating the passing along of letters and packages, especially for samurai and other elites. Post-horses known as ''[[denma]]'' were typically used only between one post-station and the next, in a relay fashion; couriers or others carrying packages or luggage along the highway would stop at the ''toiyaba'' in each town to change horses. This relay system was known as ''shukutsugi'' 宿継.<ref>Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579134554/sizes/k/]</ref>

These were sometimes attached to the residence of the head official of the post-station, and were sometimes separate buildings. As the name implies, they were typically associated with ''toiya'' or ''[[tonya]]'', officially authorized wholesalers who managed the trade in a given good. When a post-town had multiple ''tonya'', there was typically one ''toiyaba'' operated by each.

These ''toiyaba'' were sometimes attached to the residence of the head official of the post-station, and were sometimes separate buildings. As the name implies, they were typically associated with ''toiya'' or ''[[tonya]]'', officially authorized wholesalers who managed the trade in a given good. When a post-town had multiple ''tonya'', there was typically one ''toiyaba'' operated by each.

Often, officials in charge of managing porters, post horses, etc. took turns running the office, but at times of heavy traffic, they all might cram into the space. When the porters or horses maintained by the ''toiyaba'' were insufficient, as might often be the case with large ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' entourages for example, they relied on ''[[sukego|sukegô]]'' (corvée) from neighboring areas.

Often, officials in charge of managing porters, post horses, etc. took turns running the office, but at times of heavy traffic, they all might cram into the space. When the porters or horses maintained by the ''toiyaba'' were insufficient, as might often be the case with large ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' entourages for example, they relied on ''[[sukego|sukegô]]'' (corvée) from neighboring areas.

==References==

==References==

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%95%8F%E5%B1%8B%E5%A0%B4 Toiyaba]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2013.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%95%8F%E5%B1%8B%E5%A0%B4 Toiyaba]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2013.

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