The paper traces some links of the merchants and the villagers via the market held in Kosuge village in the early modern. Sheds were temporarily arranged by the villagers and used by the merchants. The villagers owned the frames of the sheds and built up the sheds during the market days, while the merchants lodged and paid money to the villagers. The sheds for the market were the artifacts that were supplied for the merchants by the villagers. The market in the village were open to the public including the villagers and the merchants only during the market days.
