After the Kansei Reforms (a series of reforms carried out in the Kansei era), a system of shichibutsumikin (accumulated fund) was introduced in Edo, and a place to manage the fund was called 'machi-gaisho.'
寛政の改革以後、江戸では七分積金の制度が導入され、積金を管理する場所を「町会所」と呼んだ。