box maker; box seller
A person or shop that makes or sells boxes, especially traditional wooden boxes.
祖父は箱屋を営んでいた。
My grandfather ran a box-making business.
shamisen carrier for a geisha
Historical occupation in the geisha districts; a man who carried a geisha's shamisen and accompanied her to engagements.
花街では、箱屋が芸者の三味線を運んだ。
In the pleasure quarters, a shamisen carrier transported the geisha's instrument.
Compound of 箱 (hako, 'box') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'person'), literally 'box shop' or 'box person'.