頼たの母も子し講こう

noun

mutual financing association

Historical term for a traditional Japanese rotating savings and credit association, similar to a 無尽 (mujin) or 講 (kō). Members contributed regularly and took turns receiving the pooled funds.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、頼たの母も子し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。

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