misedana 見世棚

Also written 店棚.

1　A small-scale shop in the mediaeval period. Known from the late Heian period as mise 見世 or *tana 棚, the term misedana seems to have come into widespread use in the late Kamakura period. In the Muromachi period it appears to have been abbreviated to *mise 店.

2　Acounter or shelf upon which goods may be displayed.