箱はこ屋や

noun

box maker; box seller

A person or shop that makes or sells boxes, especially traditional wooden boxes.

• 祖そ父ふは箱はこ屋やを営いとなんでいた。

  My grandfather ran a box-making business.

noun

shamisen carrier for a geisha

Historical occupation in the geisha districts; a man who carried a geisha's shamisen and accompanied her to engagements.

• 花か街がいでは、箱はこ屋やが芸げい者しゃの三味線しゃみせんを運はこんだ。

  In the pleasure quarters, a shamisen carrier transported the geisha's instrument.