請うけ宿やど

noun

agency that dispatches lodged servants

Archaic term for an agency that arranged lodging and dispatch of servants, mainly from the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、請うけ宿やどが地ち方ほうから出でてきた奉ほう公こう人にんの斡あっ旋せんを行おこなっていた。

  In the Edo period, ukeyado acted as agencies that placed servants coming from the provinces.