廻かい船せん問どん屋や

noun

maritime merchant; shipping agency

Historical term for a wholesaler or agent who arranged coastal shipping during the Edo and Meiji periods. Often handled cargo and logistics for daimyo domains or merchants.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、廻かい船せん問屋どんやは日本にほん各かく地ちの港みなとで物ぶっ資しの輸ゆ送そうを担になっていた。

  During the Edo period, maritime merchants handled the transport of goods at ports across Japan.

• この資し料りょう館かんでは、かつての廻かい船せん問屋どんやの帳ちょう簿ぼや船ふね模も型けいが展てん示じされている。

  This museum displays ledgers and ship models from a former shipping agency.