Copperwork - Akaganezaiku

Japanese: 銅細工 - あかがねざいく
Copperwork - Akaganezaiku
A type of metalwork. They appeared in the mid-8th century under the name of copperworkers, and belonged to the government-run workshops of the Todaiji Construction Office, the Kofukuji Kondo Construction Office, and the Bureau of Interior Craftsmen. With the decline of the Ritsuryo system, they left the government-run workshops and are thought to have lived in Shichijo, where metalworkers gathered, in Heian-kyo. From the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period, they greatly expanded their influence; for example, in 1186 (Bun'ei 2), copperworkers in Shichijo were accused of obstructing the Yura Manor in Kii Province (Azuma Kagami), which well illustrates this trend.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
金工の一種。8世紀中葉から銅工の名をもって現れるが,彼らは官営工房の造東大寺司,興福寺金堂造物所,内匠寮に所属した。律令体制の衰退とともに官営工房から出た彼らは,平安京にあっては金工が蝟集する七条あたりに住していたものと思われるが,平安時代後期から鎌倉時代初頭にかけて,大きく力を伸張し,たとえば1186年(文治2)には七条の銅細工が,紀伊国由良庄を押妨したとして訴えられているのは(《吾妻鏡》),そうした動向をよく語っている。

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