Kuramai-dori type of gokenin cashed surplus rice over and above their own consumption through fudasashi (Tokugawa-period merchants who obtained the right to provide cash on the security of a vassal's rice stipends) who had their shops in front of government rice storehouses.
蔵米取りの御家人は自家消費分以外の切米（米穀）を、御米蔵の前に店を構える札差を通じて現金化した。