細さい工く所じょ

noun

workshop; craft workshop

Only with reading さいくじょ

General term for a workshop where crafting or fine manual work is done. The reading さいくじょ is specified for this sense. Compare with 工房 (こうぼう), which is a more common modern word for workshop/studio.

See also: 工房

• その細さい工く所じょでは、職しょく人にんが伝でん統とう工こう芸げい品ひんを作つくっている。

  At that workshop, artisans are making traditional crafts.

noun

Heian/Kamakura-period furniture workshop

Historical term for a furniture workshop established in temples and government bodies during the Heian and Kamakura periods. Not used in modern contexts.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの細さい工く所じょは、寺じ院いんや官かん庁ちょうに設もうけられていた。

  During the Heian period, furniture workshops were established in temples and government offices.

noun

Edo-period arms/armor procurement office

Historical term for an Edo-period administrative office that managed tenders for arms, armor, and related equipment. Not used in modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの細さい工く所じょは、武ぶ具ぐや甲冑かっちゅうの入にゅう札さつを管かん理りした。

  During the Edo period, the procurement office managed tenders for arms and armor.