[chang kae] (n) EN: carver ; wood carver ; metal engraver ; sculptorFR: graveur [ m ] ; ciseleur [ m ] ; graveur sur bois [ m ] ; graveur sur métal [ m ] ; sculpteur [ m ]
n. [ L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. &unr_; to carve: cf. F. sculpteur. ] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ぶっしょ, bussho](n) (1) place containing a Buddhist image; (2) (See 極楽・1, 浄土) place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land); (3) (See 造仏所) independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)[Add to Longdo]