LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/08/furugi-old-robes.html
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mitaoshiya 見倒し屋 / 見倒屋 second-hand dealer
source : wishpafupafu.blog110.fc2.com
An important recycle business in Edo for used things, including all kobutsu shoo 古物商 dealers in "old things".
mitaosu, mi-taosu 見倒す means to "look down", to underrate, under-value.
The dealers would take a look down at the shoes of the new client to judge his status, then at the things he brought to the shop, and underrate them quite a bit accordingly to make a good deal.
Therefore many Edokko 江戸っ子 "true men of Edo" took great care to have expensive-looking footware.
見倒しは刀を差して鍋をさげ
mitaoshi wa katana o sashite nabe o sage
things get under-valued -
be it a sword
be it a cooking pot
and on his way home
the mitaoshiya
wears a sword
and dangles a cooking pot
The mitaoshiya could not afford to feel sorry for his clients, even if they brought the valuables and mementos of a deceased family member -
and yet sometimes this happens -
見倒屋ついでに後家も仲人し
mitaoshiya tsuide ni goke mo nakoodo shi
the mitaoshiya
in the course of time finds a husband
for the widow . . .
nakoodo 仲人 is a go-between for a couple.
隠れ岡っ引 見倒し屋鬼助事件控
by 喜安 幸夫 (著), ヤマモト マサアキ (イラスト)
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The town government soon produced some laws for dealing with
kobutsu shoo 古物商 "dealing with old things" .
古物商 へ売買定法再令
furumono kai 古物買い to buy old things
shoku akindo 職商人（しょくあきんど) they bought old things and repaired them.
in our modern times they are sometimes called
risaikuru shoppu リサイクルショップ recycle shop
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- - - - - H A I K U and S E N R Y U - - - - -
行春や我を見たをす古着買
yuku haru ya ware o mitaosu furugigai
spring departs -
the old clothes buyer
undervalues my things
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
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http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/08/furugi-old-robes.html
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mitaoshiya 見倒し屋 / 見倒屋 second-hand dealer
source : wishpafupafu.blog110.fc2.com
An important recycle business in Edo for used things, including all kobutsu shoo 古物商 dealers in "old things".
mitaosu, mi-taosu 見倒す means to "look down", to underrate, under-value.
The dealers would take a look down at the shoes of the new client to judge his status, then at the things he brought to the shop, and underrate them quite a bit accordingly to make a good deal.
Therefore many Edokko 江戸っ子 "true men of Edo" took great care to have expensive-looking footware.
見倒しは刀を差して鍋をさげ
mitaoshi wa katana o sashite nabe o sage
things get under-valued -
be it a sword
be it a cooking pot
and on his way home
the mitaoshiya
wears a sword
and dangles a cooking pot
The mitaoshiya could not afford to feel sorry for his clients, even if they brought the valuables and mementos of a deceased family member -
and yet sometimes this happens -
見倒屋ついでに後家も仲人し
mitaoshiya tsuide ni goke mo nakoodo shi
the mitaoshiya
in the course of time finds a husband
for the widow . . .
nakoodo 仲人 is a go-between for a couple.
隠れ岡っ引 見倒し屋鬼助事件控
by 喜安 幸夫 (著), ヤマモト マサアキ (イラスト)
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The town government soon produced some laws for dealing with
kobutsu shoo 古物商 "dealing with old things" .
古物商 へ売買定法再令
furumono kai 古物買い to buy old things
shoku akindo 職商人（しょくあきんど) they bought old things and repaired them.
in our modern times they are sometimes called
risaikuru shoppu リサイクルショップ recycle shop
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- - - - - H A I K U and S E N R Y U - - - - -
行春や我を見たをす古着買
yuku haru ya ware o mitaosu furugigai
spring departs -
the old clothes buyer
undervalues my things
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
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