A case study of pawnbroking in prewar Tokyo : occupational and residential composition of customers(Finance for everyday people in modern Japan: the case of a pawnbroker in Shiba ward in Tokyo,PANEL DISCUSSION: 82nd annual conference)

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  • T質店利用者の分析(パネル 近代日本の都市庶民金融-東京市芝区T質店の研究-,第82回全国大会小特集)
  • T質店利用者の分析
  • T シチミセ リヨウシャ ノ ブンセキ

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This paper examines commoner's finance in urban areas, especially Tokyo, during the prewar period, through an analysis of a pawnbroker (Shop "T"), located in Shiba ward adjacent to Keio University. The paper considers the trends in use, the residence of the customers, and the occupational hierarchy of customers, based on an analysis of the directory and the pawn record ledger. First, we can note seasonal trends, with an increase in pawned items in May and June and at the end of the year. Second, most of the customers were residents of Shiba ward. This confirms our assumption that Shop "T" was a shop with deep roots in the local community. But it should be noted also that the proportion of other district residents gradually increased. In the prewar period, Shiba ward was an industrial district, and the occupational status of customers shows many workers, but in terms of the value of loans, they only comprise 10 percent of the total. On the other hand, although the number of student customers was smaller, the value of their transactions was more than 30 percent. This was a reflection of the shop's location adjacent to Keio University.

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