[らくざ, rakuza](n) (1) (abbr) (See 楽市楽座) free markets and open guilds; (2) way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together[Add to Longdo]
[らくいちらくざ, rakuichirakuza](n) free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)[Add to Longdo]