無む尽じんの講こう

noun

mutual financing association

Historical term for a traditional Japanese rotating savings and credit association, similar to 頼母子講 (たのもしこう). Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、無む尽じんの講こうが庶しょ民みんの金きん融ゆう手しゅ段だんとして広ひろく利り用ようされた。

  During the Edo period, mutual financing associations were widely used as a means of finance among common people.