庭にわ番ばん

noun

garden watchman; garden keeper

Historical role: a person who guarded or maintained a garden, often in a daimyo's residence or similar estate.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい名みょう屋や敷しきには庭にわ番ばんがいて、庭にわの手て入いれと警けい備びをしていた。

  In the Edo period, daimyo residences had garden watchmen who maintained and guarded the gardens.

noun

guard of the inner garden

Specifically a guard assigned to the inner garden, often associated with the shogunate's intelligence network (御庭番).

See also: 御庭番

• 御お庭にわ番ばんは、将しょう軍ぐん直ちょく属ぞくの隠おん密みつとして内うち庭にわの警けい護ごにあたった。

  The oniwaban served as the shogun's direct covert agents, guarding the inner garden.