mortician

Japanese: mortician
mortician

…The emergence of Western funeral directors occurred in these cities during the Industrial Revolution. In the United States, embalming became widespread during the Civil War, and funeral directors, whose role was important, came to be called funeral directors or morticians. Funeral directors' licenses are issued based on state law. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mortician" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西洋の葬儀屋の出現はこうした産業革命期の都市においてであった。アメリカでは南北戦争時に遺体防腐処置embalmingが広まり,その役割が重要となる葬儀屋は〈funeral director〉〈mortician〉と呼ばれるようになる。葬儀屋の資格免許は州法に基づいて発行されている。…

※「mortician」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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