EDO - koogushi, yashi - performer

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koogushi, yashi 香具師 performer, yashi 野師、野士、弥四、矢師
yashi 薬師 vendor of medicine by the roadside
some also treated teeth and illness of the mouth at their shop by the roadside
tsuji isha 辻医者 doctor by the roadside
others made and sold、薬や香具 medicine or incense.
also called
tekiya 的屋（てきや)
or sanzun 三寸（さんずん）
In records of the year 1735 there is a mention of 13 Kogushi.
yashi 野士 was maybe short for 野武士
The YA was formerly written as 奴 yakko.
or
加具士→加具師→香具師
or
maybe the first vendor of medicine by the roadside was a person called
Yashiro　弥四郎　turned Yashi.



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