Ship Caster - Kaisenimoji

...Then, in 1168 (Jin'an 3), another group of lantern-bearing monks was organized, with a caster of the Hiroshina family active in the Kawachi, Izumi, and Iga areas as the general official and probably with Noriuji, the Kotonosho no Kotonari, the head of the Kurandodokoro, as the year-in-charge. The former were called Mikatasakute and Tsuchimonoshi, and the latter were called Hidakasakute and Kaiganemonoshi. Furthermore, when the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, which had been burned by the Taira clan, was rebuilt in 1180 (Jisho 4), casters of the Kusakabe family who worked on the project under the fund-raising monk Chogen formed a separate group known as Todaiji Temple casters....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kaishunjushi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…つづいて1168年(仁安3)，河内，和泉，伊賀の辺で活動する広階姓鋳物師を惣官とし，おそらく蔵人所小舎人紀氏を年預とした別の灯炉供御人が組織される。前者が右方作手，土鋳物師であり，後者は左方作手，廻船鋳物師といわれた。さらに80年(治承4)に平氏に焼かれた東大寺大仏が再建されたとき，勧進上人重源の下でこの事業に携わった草部姓鋳物師が東大寺鋳物師といわれる別の集団を形成する。…

※「廻船鋳物師」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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