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naishoku 内職 home worker, side business
home-based piecework, part-time piecemeal work
Many samurai in Edo were masterless and had to rely on some side business to support their families. They were "employed" by a larger factory and worked at home. They did jobs that could be done with their own hands and simple tools, using paper, fixing wooden boxes and so on.
- - - - - The most common were
asagaozukuri 朝顔作り growing asagao morning glory plants
. choochin harikae 提灯張り変え gluing new paper to lanterns .
ganguzukuri 玩具作り making toys for children
kasa hari 傘張り gluing paper to umbrellas
. kingyo shiiku 金魚飼育 breeding goldfish (gold fish) .
kotori no shiiku 小鳥の飼育 breeding song birds
oogizukuri 扇子作り making hand fans
. takozukuri 凧作り making kites / takoya 凧屋 .
. terakoya 寺子屋 "temple school", private school teachers .
yooji kezuri 楊枝削り making toothpicks
They often got payed in rice bushels, seldom in money. They could bring the rice to a rice merchant and exchange it for money, but they took money for this job.
For women, the most common naishoku was
harishitogo 針仕事 needlework, repairing old robes and making new ones.
nuimono 縫い物
- source : blog.goo.ne.jp/minna_ai
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asagaozukuri 朝顔作り growing morning glory
asagao uri 朝顔売り vendor of morning glories
source : edoeten.cocolog-nifty.com/blog
asagao were most popular in Edo and sold at special markets in summer.
They were grown in small pots, and the vendors walked along the streets, carrying them in special baskets (yotsude kago四つ手籠)。
woodblock print by 歌川国貞 Utagawa Kunisada (1768 - 1864)
source : kagi.blog14.fc2.com/blog-entry-109
with more dolls about business in Edo !
. WKD : asagao 朝顔 morning glory .
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kasa hari 傘張り gluing paper to umbrellas, repairing umbrellas
source : ameblo.jp/edo-sanpo
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本当に江戸の浪人は傘張りの内職をしていたのか? - 山田順子
Did the samurai of Edo really glue paper to umbrellas ?
source : blog.goo.ne.jp/aboo-kai
花の頃まだ子が生まれ傘を張る
hana no koro mada ko ga umare kasa o haru
come spring
another child will be born -
repairing umbrellas
Since the couple were "home alone" most of the time, they were blessed with many children.
. furugasa kaiい 古傘買 furui kasa, buying old umbrellas .
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kotori no shiiku, shi-iku 小鳥の飼育 teaching young birds to sing properly.
. WKD : tori 鳥 bird, birds saijiki .
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yooji kezuri 楊枝削り making toothpicks
Toothpick was introduced into Japan in 584 (Nara period). It was brought in with Buddhism via China and Korea.
. yooji 楊枝, tsumayooji 爪楊枝 toothpick - Introduction .
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蕗の葉に雨聴く夜半や手内職
fuki no ha ni ame kiku yahan ya te-naishoku
listening to the rain
on the butterbur leaves -
doing a little side business
Komine Ooba 小峰大羽 Komine Oba
. WKD : fuki 蕗 butterbur - Petasites japonica .
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. Japanese Architecture - cultural keywords used in haiku .
. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .
. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .
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