In these situations, competing merchants joined hands with the political force of Japan (samurai families or families that own and resided in temples) with a pretext of building temples and shrines to compete with more profitable conditions. |
そんな中、競合商人が少しでも有利な条件で参入するために「寺社造営」という看板を掲げることで、日本の政治権力(武家、寺家)と提携した。 |