palace room for officials or ladies-in-waiting; room in a palace or estate for employees; person living in such a room
Historical term for a room in a palace or noble estate used by government officials or ladies-in-waiting; also refers to the person occupying it. The second sense extends this to rooms for employees in private estates.
boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)
Specific to the ritsuryō period, referring to a dormitory for students of the 大学寮 (Daigaku-ryō) who were training to become government officials.
See also: 大学寮
In the Heian-period imperial court, ladies-in-waiting lived in palace rooms called 曹司.
This mansion had several rooms set aside for servants.
Under the ritsuryō system, students of the Daigaku-ryō boarded in a dormitory called 曹司.