陶磁器商業組合の機能と活動

―戦前から戦後の東濃地区西部を中心に―

抄録

In 1934, the “Mino Seibu Tojiki Shogyo Kumiai” was established by a wholesaler group in the “Tono district”, which was the center of domestic ceramics production.

When the association was first established, it exerted a function of coordinating with other associations, but it gradually strengthened its inspection, and control functions before and after World War II. Meanwhile, the ceramics industry had three problems. First, due to the fragile product characteristics of ceramics, the quality of ceramics packing also affected the price. Second, it was difficult to adjust supply and demand in the ceramics industry, and planned production and distribution were difficult. Third, sales to retail stores had been delayed due to the customary deposit and margin trading. It can be said that the association’s function led to the solution of these problems.

However, after the war, the association lost its control function in the process of changing its name first to “Gifuken Seibu Tojiki Shogyo Kyodo Kumiai” and further to “Tajimi Tojiki Oroshi Shogyo Kyodo Kumiai”. At the same time, the distribution problems of ceramics became apparent again. But, while these control functions had been lost, the operation of shared facilities that had been maintained before the war and the financial business and the group purchasing sailing business that had been conducted before the war continued.

After all, the association had a great influence on the domestic distribution of ceramics before World War II. After the war, the control function was lost and the influence on the domestic distribution was weakened. However, it can be said that the cooperative function of the associaton was inherited even after the war.