Land-based trade relied on ground transportation traders like bashaku (who used packhorses) and shashaku (who used carriages), while sea-based trade was dependent on monmaru (shipping agents), relay traders who utilized light trading vessels to transport goods or items sold via consignment.
陸上交通では馬借、車借などの陸上輸送業者、海上交通では廻船を用いて輸送や委託販売を行う中継業者の問丸が活躍する。