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*''Other Names'': 伝馬所 ''(denmasho; post horse station)'', 会所 ''(kaisho; meeting place)''
*''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.
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.
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.
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==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.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
*''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.
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.
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.
{{stub}}
==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.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
