正親司

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	親	司
おおきんだち(の)		つかさ Grade: 4
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
正	親	司
おおきみ(の)		つかさ Grade: 4
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

大君, 王, 王女 (ōkimi, “non-親王 (shinnō)/内親王 (naishinnō) princes and princesses”) +‎ の (genitive marker) +‎ 司 (“department”). Alternatively, 諸王 (ōkindachi, “non-親王 (shinnō)/内親王 (naishinnō) princes and princesses”) +‎ の +‎ 司. The kanji spelling literally reads "Department of Legitimate Relatives". See also 正親町 (Ōgimachi).

Proper noun

正親(おおきみの)司(つかさ) or 正親(おおきんだちの)司(つかさ) • (Ōkimi no Tsukasa or Ōkindachi no Tsukasa) 

1. (history, government) a 律令 (Ritsuryō) department under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for managing nametags, stipends and clothing for the Emperor's relatives down from the second to the fourth generation (only including 王 (ō) and 女王 (joō), excluding 親王 (shinnō) and 内親王 (naishinnō))

See also

• 正親(おおきみの)正(かみ) (Ōkimi no Kami, “Chief of the Ōkimi”)
• 正親(おおきみの)佑(じょう) (Ōkimi no Jō, “Third-in-Command of the Ōkimi”)
• 正親(おおきみの)令史(さかん) (Ōkimi no Sakan, “Fourth-in-Command of the Ōkimi”)