Words — 138 found
ちゅうごしょう
中小姓
1. low class samurai, who guarded the shogun on outings (Edo period)
中小性 【ちゅうごしょう】
まちふ
町触れ
1. town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officialsHistorical term
町触 【まちふれ】
ごてんじょちゅう
御殿女中
1. maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term
けんじょうもの
献上物
1. gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term
おくじょうろう
奥上臈
1. maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term, Rare term, See also 奥女中
おくじょちゅう
奥女中
1. maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)Historical term
ごぜんじあい
御前試合
1. contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the EmperorHistorical term
2. match attended by the team's owner
1. monarchHonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
2. shogun (of the Tokugawa government)Historical term, used during the Edo period in communications with other countries
けんざんや
献残屋
1. person who bought and resold surplus gifts given to daimyo or samurai (Edo period)Historical term
とくせいれい
徳政令
1. debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)Archaic
やみしょうぐん
闇将軍
1. power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun
ざいこくしゅう
在国衆
1. feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)Historical term
くじかたおさだめがき
公事方御定書
1. Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)Historical term
1. relief; reassurance
2. recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.)Historical term, See also 本領安堵
3. living safely surrounded by wallsArchaic, orig. meaning
ばくまつ
幕末
1. Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo periodHistorical term