noun
cylindrical box shop
A shop that makes or sells 曲物 (mage-mono), traditional cylindrical wooden containers used for bento, tea ceremony, or storage. The term is specialized and may be encountered in historical or craft contexts.
See also: 綰物
この町には古い曲物屋がまだ一軒残っている。
There is still one old cylindrical box shop left in this town.
Refers to the cylindrical wooden box itself, not the shop.
Compound of 曲物 (wagemono, 'cylindrical wooden box') and 屋 (ya, 'shop'). The reading わげもの is a voiced variant of まげもの.