Edo-period street vendor carrying wares on a pole
Historical term for a specific type of itinerant merchant in the Edo period. Rare in modern usage, mostly encountered in historical contexts.
In the Edo period, bote-furi walked through town selling fish and vegetables.
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
Variant spelling without the okurigana り.
Compound of 棒手 (bote, 'pole hand') and 振り (furi, 'swinging' or 'hawking'), describing the vendor's method of carrying wares on a pole while calling out to customers.