Someone who sells raw fish and rice.
"Their mistress was in a frightful rage. Kyushichi's explanations had no effect on her at all, and the poor, guiltless fellow was finally discharged, without waiting for the regular biannual replacement time of September fifth. Later he worked several terms in a wholesale house called Bizen-ya in Kitano and married a drifter named Longie of Eighthbridge. Now he earns a living as a sushi vendor on Willow Lane and has simply forgotten about Osen."
Ihara Saikaku, Five Women Who Loved Love (1686).
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