employer's house; employer; place of apprenticeship
Historical term for the household or master where one served as a live-in apprentice or domestic servant, common in the Edo period. The word can refer to the physical house, the employer, or the apprenticeship itself.
In the Edo period, young people learned reading, writing, and manners at their place of apprenticeship.
He was sent out to his employer's house at the age of ten.