Where does “木工寮” come from?

木工寮 (Japanese) comes from Japanese つかさ — a small hill, a mound.

木工寮 (Japanese): a 律令 woodworking position under the 宮内省, responsible for building and maintaining court buildings

Definitions

  1. a 律令 woodworking position under the 宮内省, responsible for building and maintaining court buildings

Ancestry of “木工寮”, step by step

木工寮 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese つかさ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseつかさa small hill, a mound

via Japanese 木工

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese木工woodworking; carpentry
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