油あぶら座ざ

noun

medieval trade guild for perilla oil

Historical term for a medieval Japanese trade guild that specialized in the production and sale of perilla oil (荏胡麻油).

• 油あぶら座ざは中ちゅう世せいの日本にほんで荏え胡ご麻ま油あぶらの製せい造ぞう・販はん売ばいを独どく占せんしていた。

  The aburaza monopolized the production and sale of perilla oil in medieval Japan.