商しょう館かん長ちょう

noun

chief factor; chief trader

Historical term for the head of a trading post (商館) in early modern Japan, especially during the Edo period. Refers to the senior representative of a foreign trading company.

See also: 商館

• 出で島じまのオランダ商しょう館かん長ちょうは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに重じゅう要ような外がい交こう的てき役やく割わりを果はたした。

  The Dutch chief factor at Dejima played an important diplomatic role during the Edo period.