Master Carpenter - Ondaiku

Japanese: 御大工 - おんだいく
Master Carpenter - Ondaiku

…Even if the scale of the construction project or the size of the group is small, the leader is the carpenter. As the number of carpenters increased, those who held the rank of Jushigoi (Junior Fifth Rank) and who were in charge of overseeing the entire construction project could no longer be called carpenters, and those who oversaw the entire project came to be called general carpenters, master carpenters, etc. In the Middle Ages, the word "bansho" was also used to refer to the head of carpentry. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Odaiku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…工事規模が小さくても,また座の規模が小さくても,統率者は大工である。大工の人数は増加し,かつての従五位下の位階を持つような,そして工事全体を統轄するような役目の者を大工と呼ぶことができなくなり,全体を統轄するものを惣大工,御大工,棟梁などと呼ぶようになった。 また,中世には木工の長を示す語として〈番匠〉の語が使われている。…

※「御大工」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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