商しょう館かん

noun

trading house; foreign trading post

Historical term for a foreign trading company's office or outpost in Japan, especially during the Edo period and early Meiji era. Also used for the building itself.

• 長なが崎さきにはオランダの商しょう館かんがあった。

  There was a Dutch trading post in Nagasaki.

• 商しょう館かんは貿ぼう易えきの拠きょ点てんとして重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  The trading house played an important role as a base for trade.