also: ひだたくみ
noun
Hida carpenter tax system
Historical term referring to a system in which villages in the Hida region supplied carpenters to the central government in lieu of tax payments. Often encountered in historical texts or discussions of Edo-period taxation.
飛騨の匠は、江戸時代に飛騨地方から幕府へ大工を提供した制度だ。
The Hida carpenter tax system was a system in which the Hida region provided carpenters to the shogunate during the Edo period.
Full form with the possessive particle の; the most explicit and common written form.
Abbreviated form without の; reading ひだたくみ is specific to this spelling.
Variant using 工 instead of 匠; less common but attested.
Abbreviated variant with 工; reading ひだたくみ is specific to this spelling.
From 飛騨 (Hida, a historical province) + の (possessive particle) + 匠 (carpenter/artisan). The term refers to a specific historical tax system.