noun
embroiderer
Archaic term for a person who embroiders. Not used in modern Japanese; the modern word is 刺繍師 or simply 刺繍をする人.
江戸時代の繍匠は、着物に精巧な刺繍を施した。
Embroiderers in the Edo period applied elaborate embroidery to kimono.
Archaic kanji spelling for an embroiderer. The first character 繍 is a variant of 繡.
Alternate archaic spelling using the older form 繡.
From 繍 (embroidery) + 匠 (artisan). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now archaic.