Seamstress - Ohariko

…refers to a woman employed by a tailor to sew clothes. She is also called a seamstress. In Japan, sewing came to be called "ohari" or "needlework" in the early modern period, and in the Edo period, women who sewed, called "shinmyo," worked at kimono shops that made clothes for feudal lords and other feudal lords.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "seamstress" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…仕立屋に雇われて衣服などを縫う女性を指す。お針子ともいう。日本では，近世に裁縫を〈お針〉とか〈針仕事〉と呼ぶようになり，江戸時代には大名などの衣服を仕立てる呉服所で，針妙（しんみよう）と呼ばれる裁縫をする女性が働いていた。…

※「お針子」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報