Edo-period seller of foreign goods
Historical term for a merchant dealing in imported Chinese and other foreign goods during the Edo period.
In the Edo period, 唐物屋 dealt in imported goods from China and the Netherlands.
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
Compound of 唐物 (karamono, 'Chinese goods' or 'foreign goods') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'seller'). The reading とうぶつや is a less common Sino-Japanese reading of the same characters.