Machi-shu (also known as Cho-shu) was a class consisting of wealthy commercial and industrial men, including doso (pawnbrokers and moneylenders), in Kyoto from the Muromachi period to the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) in Japan.
町衆（まちしゅう/ちょうしゅう）とは、室町時代から戦国時代(日本)にかけての、特に土倉などの京都の裕福な商工業者である。