楽市楽座

Reading

Kana: らくいちらくざ
Romaji: rakuichirakuza
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

Kanji

Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: ザ、 すわ.る
Meanings: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit