also: たびあきんど
peddler; traveling merchant
Refers to a merchant who travels from place to place selling goods, often in historical or traditional contexts. The term is somewhat literary or period-specific; in modern contexts, 行商人 (ぎょうしょうにん) is more common.
In the Edo period, traveling merchants went from village to village selling goods.
His ancestors apparently traveled all over Japan as peddlers.