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Hello. I'm Hanes, an active correspondent.
Isn't there a lot of people who are spending a busy day in December?
However, by New Year's Eve, the cleaning, mailing of New Year's cards, and preparations for the New Year have been completed, so you can spend a relatively slow time.
It is common to see the year-end special program, listen to the nighttime bells, and line the new year worshipping line.
So, what kind of day was New Year's Eve for the common people of the Edo period, and where did the New Year's Eve reach?

New Year's Eve in the Edo period was the day of the year's total settlement.
In fact, in the Edo period, it was common to negotiate each time to determine the price, and to pay collectively at the end of the year, Bon-Dai, which is the season, and at the end of the year.
It's so-called "thorn" and "postpayment". Therefore, it seems that the collector (collector) ran around for collection on New Year's Eve.
According to Hirotoshi Kitajima's "Edo People's Traces" (Gentosha, 2010), it is said that "I will bring it on New Year's Eve" and "I will hang it so that it will not be used (with a living guard)) As you can see, the enthusiasm of hanging was extraordinary.

Among them, there were merchants who sold goods at "multiplied prices", which were higher than the actual selling price, taking into account interest rates and the risk of collection.
However, it is well known that Mitsui Echigoya, the predecessor of Mitsukoshi, did not sell it, limited to cash payments, and flourished with a business method called "no cash bargain price", which sells goods on the street (list price). .