部屋へや持もち

noun

having one's own premises; owning a room

Refers to the state of having one's own room or premises, often in a professional or business context. The cross-reference 部屋持ちの親方 suggests a master craftsman with his own workshop.

See also: 部屋持ちの親方

• 彼かれは部屋へや持もちの親おや方かたとして独どく立りつした。

  He became independent as a master craftsman with his own workshop.

noun

high-ranking Edo-period prostitute with her own room

Historical term, abbreviation of 部屋持ち女郎. Refers to a prostitute in the Edo period who was successful enough to have her own room in a brothel.

• 吉よし原わらでは、部屋へや持もちは遊ゆう女じょの中なかでも上じょう位いの存そん在ざいだった。

  In Yoshiwara, a 部屋持ち was a high-ranking courtesan who had her own room.