noun
Edo-period seller of foreign goods
Historical term for a merchant dealing in imported Chinese and other foreign goods during the Edo period.
江戸時代、唐物屋は中国やオランダからの輸入品を扱っていた。
In the Edo period, 唐物屋 dealt in imported goods from China and the Netherlands.
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.