Wall carpenter - KABEDAIKU

Japanese: 壁大工 - かべだいく
Wall carpenter - KABEDAIKU

...A craftsman who paints earthen walls, plaster walls, etc. Also called kabe-nuri (wall plasterer), kabekata (wall carpenter), kabe-ko (wall worker), or, corruptedly, shakan. The division of wall plasterers was already underway under the Ritsuryo system, when the Tsuchitakumi no Tsukasa (Civil Works Officer) was established, to which the Hatsukasibe (Purification Officer) and Nuriko (Purification Officer) belonged.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…土壁,しっくい壁などを塗る職人。壁塗(かべぬり),壁方(かべかた),壁大工,壁工,あるいはなまってシャカンともいう。壁塗り職の分化は,すでに令制において土工司(つちたくみのつかさ)がおかれ,泥部(はつかしべ)と泥戸(ぬりこ)が所属していた。…

※「壁大工」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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