画商

See also: 畫商

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 画商 – see 畫商 (“art dealer”).
(This term, 画商, is the simplified form of 畫商.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
画 商
が
Grade: 2		 しょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 畫商 (hwɛH syang). Compare modern Chinese traditional 畫商 and simplified 画商 (huàshāng).

Alternately, may have been coined independently in Japan as a compound of Sinitic elements 画 (ga, “picture, painting”) +‎ 商 (shō, “business, dealings; dealer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

画商 (hiragana がしょう, rōmaji gashō, historical hiragana ぐわしやう)

  1. the business of selling pictures
  2. an art dealer (specific to pictures; does not include sculpture or other media)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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