Official
Chochibuko
As I got the Nagasakiya Genemon descendant publication "The Life of Nagasakiya Genemon Talks to My Father to My Child", I will introduce the topic several times. This time, we will introduce how the son of Nagasakiya, who was closely related to "Sugimura" introduced last time, went to the agency.
The eldest son of Nagasakiya, Chutaro, was adopted by a certain family who was an official of Kinza, so the heir was Tasaburo, the second son. By the time Ta Saburo was born, Nagasakiya had no remnants of the old days. Since the state of Tasaburo, who is appearing in other families, is described, this is an example of "The misery of Difficulties".
Since he was born in a merchant in the Edo and Meiji eras, it was fundamental to start with a decree in order to learn business. In the case of Ta Saburo, the place where I went to Chojubuko is now a long-established apparel manufacturer that has been in business for 170 years. It was Nagasakiya that the first Jinbei Sugimura came out of Oomi and took off his sandals, and the 11th Genemon took care of Jinbei by his friend Chogin (Chokoya, Ginemon Kobayashi), and from there it became a chokoya, and since it has been up to the present, it may have been such a story from close relationships. Ta Saburo started his apprenticeship here and grew up as a businessman at this store. The life lesson of Tasaburo, who does not have an elementary school, said, "If you keep your home safe, you will be treated so that the master's house is good without thinking about yourself." Indeed, it was a life lesson that Nagasakiya described 260 years together with the Tokugawa family. However, Ta Saburo did not give his name to Ebara.
Chochibuko: In general, decchi-boko refers to a boy serving at a merchant's house or a craftsman's house for a certain period of time and doing work such as miscellaneous work. In turn, it may mean starting to work as a lower job from a young age, or being used for miscellaneous work or running.
- Dicchi: A boy who serves in the house of merchants and craftsmen. It is also called a boy.
- Hoko: To serve the master, to serve others.
- Chochibuko: To serve in merchants, etc. as a chochi, or that person.
- Meaning: To start working as a low-income employee from a young age, to be used for miscellaneous work or running.
Chochi-buko of the third son Ei Goro
At the age of 11, he was served at Marucho Toki Satsuma Shoten in Nihonbashitomizawacho. The first Jihee Satsuma of Satsuma Shoten was a young friend of Jinbei Sugimura, whose second son was sent to Chochi, heard in Oomi that Jinbei was moving to Tokyo and doing well, and he relied on Jinbei to go to Tokyo. After entering Chogin, I had a goodwill. It has a relationship with an independent cotton wholesaler as a round choji. He mainly purchased bleached cotton from a machine shop (Hataya), which specializes in making textiles in Mikawa and Enshu, and dyed it as it is, or dyed it into a bath area, mekura stripes, kasuri, lining, etc., and wholesale it to local retailers. The children (small hatred) wake up one hour before sunrise, clean the inside and outside of the store, use it to bank post offices, and transport merchants, and packing and the work that is not enough for the children is usually done by the adult people (middle-aged people coming from the kuriya, which is not paid for many years and their status remains), but there is no transportation equipment or bicycles, and the car was the eighth car, and horsepower was used by the carrier. Walk or car was the mainstay. "In my diary, I describe the difficulty of crossing Ryogoku Bridge, such as when it snows in the evening or carrying luggage to a dye shop at the end of Takahashi in Fukagawa. He seemed to have cooled until he had no sense of limbs due to the line of cotton stripes, and he began to cry with his sticks raised without his heart. "
In this way, if you work until sunset, you can close the store and give free time, but since there are many people who have not gone through school education, all students will learn to read and write abacus by self-study. It seems that the day will continue to fall asleep due to heavy work during the day, and the day will continue to be left untouched. If you do these children for about five years, you will be told to the young people. Young people work only in the store. When you go out, you must ask for a house owner (who has a wife and lives in a store's house), and you can't do it without permission. I will order children and men regardless of public or private if I can do business outside. Young people are the mainstay of working in stores, and the department that works with the largest number of people also includes purchasing, customer, processing, accounting, etc. In a few years, there will be a request to change your belongings, and when you hold each person in charge, the owner of the house will discuss, and who will have a house soon, and if there is no objection, it will be revealed to the person himself . I am between 27 and 28 years old. At the same time, the executives and masters are informed, and the talks proceed unconditionally.
The person gets quiet for about a week and returns to the country, consults with his parents and relatives to decide on a marriage partner. After returning home, there is an offer to hold a house at the official ceremony, and you can join Mr. Banzu. When you become a home owner, you are allowed to wear haori, and you will be the chief of each department and will not respond to the consultation of executives.
You will be an executive from the old. When you become an executive, you will take full responsibility of the store, and the master delegated everything to the executive. We consult with the inside of the house, make proposals, and manage the property of the house.