四し位い

noun

fourth court rank

Historical term for the fourth rank in the Japanese imperial court hierarchy. Used in contexts discussing pre-modern court systems.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、四し位い以い上じょうの貴き族ぞくが殿てん上じょう人びとと呼よばれた。

  In the Heian period, nobles of the fourth rank and above were called tenjōbito.